Lameness is one of the three most important causes of economic loss inwestern European and North American dairy farms (Weaver, 1986). The current trend towards intensive dairy farming and the importation of exotic breeds ...

Constraints to production of small ruminants in smallholder farms in Kiambu District, Kenya, were investigated. A 2- stage cluster and systematic random sampling of66 smallholder farms was carried out. Farms were visited ...

A process was designed to assess the health and sustainability of a tropical-highland, smallholderdominated agroecosystem. Twelve study sites within the agroecosystem were selected in a multistage, purposive sampling ...