Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Sub-Saharan Africa"
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Economic Analysis of Crossbreeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conceptual Framework and Kenyan Case Study
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001-12)Conventional economic evaluations of crossbreeding programmes have overestimated their benefits by ignoring subsidies, the increased costs of management such as veterinary support services, and the higher levels of risk ... -
Long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)This briefing paper is one of the 10-part Global Development Network (GDN) Agriculture Policy Series for its project, ‘Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia’. ... -
Long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012-06)Although there have been numerous concerted e orts aimed at halting the deterioration of the global food security situation, available evidence indicates only a modest level of success especially in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). ... -
Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010-07)The ten ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation ...
