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...
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...
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...
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