Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 552

Full Length Research Paper

Options to reduce poverty among agro-pastoral households of Ethiopia: A case study from Aysaita district of Afar national regional state

Abubeker Mohammed
  • Abubeker Mohammed
  • Afar Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Research Institute, Semera, Ethiopia
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Ayalneh Bogale
  • Ayalneh Bogale
  • African Centre for Food Security, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Aseffa Seyoum*
  • Aseffa Seyoum*
  • Department of Public Administration, Science Technology and Environment Policy Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, United States.
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  •  Received: 18 November 2012
  •  Accepted: 08 October 2013
  •  Published: 30 June 2014

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