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Factors affecting smallholder grain production in the Ethiopian highlands

Discusses factors influencing grain production in a representative and risky farming system in the Ethiopian highlands, with quantitative evidence of the critical contribution of draft oxen to farm grain production by comparing yield and area cultivated between farmers who are ox-owners and those wh...

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Main Authors: Anderson, F.M., Gryseels, Guido, Durkin, J.W.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: OAU/STRC 1987
Subjects:
highlands
plant productionn
small scale farming
farming systems
oxen
animal traction
yields
debre berhan
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50519
Summary:Discusses factors influencing grain production in a representative and risky farming system in the Ethiopian highlands, with quantitative evidence of the critical contribution of draft oxen to farm grain production by comparing yield and area cultivated between farmers who are ox-owners and those who are not.

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