Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications

Generally discusses policy and institutional issues related to the topic in post-revolution Ethiopia. The first part of the paper summarizes the physical resource base and the farming systems of the central highlands. Part two highlights the performance of the livestock sector and provides a very br...

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Autor principal: Assefa, T.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4251
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description Generally discusses policy and institutional issues related to the topic in post-revolution Ethiopia. The first part of the paper summarizes the physical resource base and the farming systems of the central highlands. Part two highlights the performance of the livestock sector and provides a very brief picture of the institutions involved in livestock development in these institutions with particular reference to the dairy sector. The third part surveys livestock investments made available by government, non-government organizations and formal credit institutions. The strategic policy issues in livestock development in the peasant sector are discussed in the fourth part. Part five explores the future prospects and the options available for developing the sector. Finally the paper presents the conclusions and policy implications.
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spelling CGSpace42512025-11-04T20:05:48Z Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications Assefa, T. highlands agricultural policies cooperative activities farming systems mixed farming marketing policies pricing policies small scale farming Generally discusses policy and institutional issues related to the topic in post-revolution Ethiopia. The first part of the paper summarizes the physical resource base and the farming systems of the central highlands. Part two highlights the performance of the livestock sector and provides a very brief picture of the institutions involved in livestock development in these institutions with particular reference to the dairy sector. The third part surveys livestock investments made available by government, non-government organizations and formal credit institutions. The strategic policy issues in livestock development in the peasant sector are discussed in the fourth part. Part five explores the future prospects and the options available for developing the sector. Finally the paper presents the conclusions and policy implications. 1990 2011-07-19T06:27:49Z 2011-07-19T06:27:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4251 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle highlands
agricultural policies
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marketing policies
pricing policies
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Assefa, T.
Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title_full Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title_fullStr Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title_full_unstemmed Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title_short Livestock development in the peasant sector of highland Ethiopia: Some policy issues and implications
title_sort livestock development in the peasant sector of highland ethiopia some policy issues and implications
topic highlands
agricultural policies
cooperative activities
farming systems
mixed farming
marketing policies
pricing policies
small scale farming
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4251
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