A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa
The objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitable...
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1998
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| author | Gebreselassie, N. Desta, S. Ehui, Simeon K. |
| author_browse | Desta, S. Ehui, Simeon K. Gebreselassie, N. |
| author_facet | Gebreselassie, N. Desta, S. Ehui, Simeon K. |
| author_sort | Gebreselassie, N. |
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| description | The objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitable approach for properly measuring the productivity of pastoral systems, and this section discusses in terms of:- employment and income; government revenue and exports; source of food; non-food outputs; inputs for sustainable agriculture; efficient and environmentally sustainable use of scarce and marginal resources. The second section assesses the problems that constrain the Development of pastoral system; finally conclusions are given in the last section. |
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| spelling | CGSpace501092021-02-10T20:35:06Z A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa Gebreselassie, N. Desta, S. Ehui, Simeon K. economic development agropastoral systems mixed farming rangelands livestock animal production productivity pastoralism The objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitable approach for properly measuring the productivity of pastoral systems, and this section discusses in terms of:- employment and income; government revenue and exports; source of food; non-food outputs; inputs for sustainable agriculture; efficient and environmentally sustainable use of scarce and marginal resources. The second section assesses the problems that constrain the Development of pastoral system; finally conclusions are given in the last section. 1998 2014-10-31T06:08:48Z 2014-10-31T06:08:48Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50109 en Limited Access International Livestock Research Institute |
| spellingShingle | economic development agropastoral systems mixed farming rangelands livestock animal production productivity pastoralism Gebreselassie, N. Desta, S. Ehui, Simeon K. A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub saharan africa |
| topic | economic development agropastoral systems mixed farming rangelands livestock animal production productivity pastoralism |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50109 |
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