On the alleged difficulties of on-farm research with livestock

Presents and discusses analysis of shortcomings cited by Bernsten and Gryseels of ILCA regarding crop and livestock research programmes; includes animal mobility, lifecycle duration, lifecycle synchronization, multiple outputs, non-market inputs, size of experimental unit, producer attitudes, manage...

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Main Author: McIntire, John M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1986
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50895
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Summary:Presents and discusses analysis of shortcomings cited by Bernsten and Gryseels of ILCA regarding crop and livestock research programmes; includes animal mobility, lifecycle duration, lifecycle synchronization, multiple outputs, non-market inputs, size of experimental unit, producer attitudes, management variability, ownership of animals, resource attributes and target population.