Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands

Small ruminants play an important, but often underestimated, role in the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in Kenya. Besides being an important source of protein and immediate cash, they also have a variety socio-cultural values. Their importance in mixed crop-livestock systems in Kenya is expect...

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Autores principales: Odoi, A., Gathuma, J.M., Gachuiri, C.K., Omore, Amos O., Gitau, T., Wanyangu, S.W., Murage, E.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50303
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author Odoi, A.
Gathuma, J.M.
Gachuiri, C.K.
Omore, Amos O.
Gitau, T.
Wanyangu, S.W.
Murage, E.
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Gathuma, J.M.
Gitau, T.
Murage, E.
Odoi, A.
Omore, Amos O.
Wanyangu, S.W.
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Gathuma, J.M.
Gachuiri, C.K.
Omore, Amos O.
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Wanyangu, S.W.
Murage, E.
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description Small ruminants play an important, but often underestimated, role in the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in Kenya. Besides being an important source of protein and immediate cash, they also have a variety socio-cultural values. Their importance in mixed crop-livestock systems in Kenya is expected to increase in the future with diminishing land sizes but specific constraints to their production in this system are largely undocumented. The aim of this study was to investigate the general constraints to production of small ruminants in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's Central Highlands.
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spelling CGSpace503032023-02-15T09:42:13Z Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands Odoi, A. Gathuma, J.M. Gachuiri, C.K. Omore, Amos O. Gitau, T. Wanyangu, S.W. Murage, E. sheep goats constraints small farms mixed farming highlands animal production Small ruminants play an important, but often underestimated, role in the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in Kenya. Besides being an important source of protein and immediate cash, they also have a variety socio-cultural values. Their importance in mixed crop-livestock systems in Kenya is expected to increase in the future with diminishing land sizes but specific constraints to their production in this system are largely undocumented. The aim of this study was to investigate the general constraints to production of small ruminants in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's Central Highlands. 2000 2014-10-31T06:09:03Z 2014-10-31T06:09:03Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50303 en Limited Access International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics
spellingShingle sheep
goats
constraints
small farms
mixed farming
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animal production
Odoi, A.
Gathuma, J.M.
Gachuiri, C.K.
Omore, Amos O.
Gitau, T.
Wanyangu, S.W.
Murage, E.
Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title_full Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title_fullStr Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title_full_unstemmed Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title_short Constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya's central highlands
title_sort constraints to sheep and goat production in smallholder mixed farms in kenya s central highlands
topic sheep
goats
constraints
small farms
mixed farming
highlands
animal production
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50303
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