September 2012

Impact distribution of crossbred (Friesian- Horro) heifers on livelihoods per-urban dairy farm of Nekemte, Bako and Gimbi towns, Western Oromia, Ethiopia

An increase in the global population coupled with the increasing demands for milk as an economic food and as an industrial raw food product has necessitated an increase in production by dairy farms. The study was conducted in Nekemte, Gimbi and Bako per urban towns of Western Oromia. The results obtained reveal that the total daily milk yield improved five-fold through improving the gene of Horro breeds. The overall...

Author(s): Habtamu Abera, Ulfina Galmessa, Jiregna Dessalegn, Mulugeta Kebede and Gizaw Kebede

September 2012

Non-traditional land-use practices in the pastoral Maasai region in Loitokitok district of Kajiado county, Kenya

In this paper, non-traditional land-use practices were assessed and the extent to which these practices had encroached into the traditional arid and semi-arid grazing areas in Loitokitok district of Kajiado county was established. The main goals of this study were to establish and document land-use changes taking place in the pastoral Maasai region in the wake of sedentary lifestyles promoted by the massive immigration...

Author(s): Joseph Wanjala Munyasi, Anthony Mwai Macharia Gitunu, Joseph Kingoria Manyeki, Elizabeth Nduku Muthiani and Sospeter O. Nyamwaro

September 2012

Socioeconomic impact of SARO agro allied organic cocoa programme on beneficiary cocoa farmers in Nigeria

Organic cocoa farming involves cultivation of cocoa with rational use of allowable inputs (fungicides and bio-insecticides). SARO Agro Allied Nigeria and her foreign partner ADM/Schokinag started the organic cocoa project (OCP) in 2006/2007 cocoa season in four of their major operating states in Nigeria (Ondo, Osun, Ekiti and Cross River). This study was designed to evaluate the income profile, biological and...

Author(s): Faturoti B. O., Madukwe M. C., Ogunedojutimi O. and Anyanwu L.