Difficulties in evaluating on-farm experiments with livestock: Examples from the Ethiopian highlands

Discusses the on-farm trials with crossbred cows conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia (Debre Zeit/Debre Berhan) to study productivity under farm conditions, to appraise smallholder adoption problems and to evaluate the impact on the socio-economic welfare of the farmer and his family; summarizes a...

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Main Author: Gryseels, Guido
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1986
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50389
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Summary:Discusses the on-farm trials with crossbred cows conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia (Debre Zeit/Debre Berhan) to study productivity under farm conditions, to appraise smallholder adoption problems and to evaluate the impact on the socio-economic welfare of the farmer and his family; summarizes also the difficulties in conducting and evaluating on-farm livestock research.