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Title:Pastoral livestock marketing in Eastern Africa: research and policy challenges
Editors:McPeak, John G.ISNI
Little, Peter D.ISNI
Year:2006
Pages:288
Language:English
City of publisher:Rugby
Publisher:Intermediate Technology Publications
ISBN:1853396311; 9781853396311
Geographic terms:Ethiopia
Kenya
Subjects:agricultural marketing
livestock
pastoralists
agricultural trade
agricultural prices
economic policy
Abstract:This collective volume brings together the results of recent research about livestock marketing in Eastern Africa, particularly northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. Following the Introduction by Peter D. Little and John G. McPeak, Chapters 2 (by Christopher B. Barrett, Marc F. Bellemare and Sharon M. Osterloh) and 3 (by John G. McPeak) mainly address household/microlevel dimensions of livestock marketing. Chapters 4 (Teressa Adugna), 5 (Alan M. Green, Christopher B. Barrett, Winnie K. Luseno and John G. McPeak) and 6 (Maren Radeny, Patti Kristjanson, Eric Ruto, Riccardo Scarpa and Jacob Wakhungu) examine price formation in livestock markets. Chapters 7 (Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Seyoum Tezera and D. Layne Coppock) and 8 (Hussein A. Mahmoud) address the theme of linking pastoralists to more remunerative markets as a way to increase their revenue. Chapters 9 (Fred Zaal, Morgan Ole Siloma, Rachel Andiema and Albino Kotomei) and 10 (Peter D. Little) are concerned with cross-border trade, and Ch. 11 (Yacob Aklilu) provides an overview of the interaction between policy and livestock marketing in Ethiopia. Ch. 12 (Jerry Stuth, Abdi Jama, Robert Kaitho, Jimmy Wu, Abdirahman Ali, Gatarwa Kariuki and Margaret Kingamkono) describes the development of a livestock market information system. Ch. 13 (John Morton) analyses the use of livestock marketing as a crisis period intervention. The last chapter (by John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little and Montague W. Demment) summarizes the policy implications of the presented studies. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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