Nutritional status and diversity of animal source foods in the diets of 2- to 5-y-old Ghanaian children living in rural and peri-urban communities in a coastal district
Abstract: Economic, cultural, and environmental factors constrain Ghanaian caregivers’ ability to offer animal source foods (ASF) to their children, resulting in diets of low protein and […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Esi K Colecraft; Grace S Marquis; Anna A Lartey; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
External Evaluation Pannel Report 2007: Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Food Management (ENAM) Project
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Deborah Rubin; Nanna Roos; Alfred Neumann
- Type of Document: ME Documentation
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Educational Investments in a Dual Economy
Abstract: We present a simple two-period, dual-economy model in which migration options may affect the informal financing of educational investments. When credit contracts are universally available […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Andrew G. Mude; Christopher B. Barrett; John G. McPeak; Cheryl R. Doss
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Ruminations Fall 2007
Contains stories and highlights from Global Livestock CRSP activities.
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Global Livestock CRSP
- Type of Document: Newsletter
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Collective Action by Women’s Groups to Combat Drought and Poverty in Northern Kenya
Abstract: Collective action can be an effective means of local development and risk reduction among rural people, but few examples have been documented in pastoral areas. […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): D. Layne Coppock; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru; Adan Wako; Ibrahim Aden; Chachu Tadecha; Seyoum Tezera
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security, Gender
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Do Pastoral Husbands and Wives in Northern Kenya View Milk Markets Differently?
Abstract: Efforts to develop market opportunities are a key element of the current USAID agricultural strategy. In this study, we illustrate how milk marketing in two […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): John McPeak; Cheryl Doss
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Gender, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Public Engagement to Prioritize the Pastoral Research Agenda at the Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Research Center of OARI in Ethiopia
Abstract: The Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI) has a mandate to conduct agricultural and livestock research throughout the Regional State of Oromia in Ethiopia. OARI has […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Getachew Gebru; Lemma Gizachew; Sintayehu Mesele; Mohammed Hassena; Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Food Security
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Informal Institutions and Cross-border Livestock Trade in the Horn of Africa
Abstract: Trans-border trade in livestock in sub-Saharan Africa plays critical roles in meeting regional food security needs and generating incomes for thousands of herders and traders. […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Peter D. Little
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
From Herd Diversification to Livelihood Diversification as a Response to Poverty: The Case of the Waso Boran of Northern Kenya
Abstract: The Waso Boran of northern Kenya used to have large, mobile, and diverse herds of livestock that exploited equally large and diverse rangelands. Forty years […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Abdullahi D. Jillo; Abdillahi A. Aboud; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Changes in Land Cover and Soil Conditions for the Yabelo District of the Borana Plateau, 1973-2003
Abstract: It has been proposed that the Borana Plateau has markedly changed in terms of land cover and land use in recent decades, but no hard […]
- Date of Publication: December 2006
- Author(s): Sintayehu Mesele; Heluf Gebrekidan; Lemma Gizachew; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
