Successful Implementation of Collective Action and Human-Capacity Building Among Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia: Lessons Learned, 2001-2008
Abstract: Since 2000 the PARIMA project has implemented pilot risk-management activities among poverty-stricken, semi-settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. The Goal has been to improve human welfare […]
- Date of Publication: December 2008
- Author(s): Seyoum Tezera; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru; D. Layne Coppock
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Assessment of Livestock Market Information Systems in the Highland Regions of Ethiopia
Abstract: The lack of properly functioning markets has been pointed out as one of the key issues underlying the recurrent food crisis in Ethiopia and in […]
- Date of Publication: November 2008
- Author(s): Laban MacOpiyo; Abdi Jama; Abdirahman Ali; Mitiku Gobena
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
The National Livestock Marketing Information System Comes of Age in Kenya
Abstract: Following consultations and demonstration of the functioning of the Livestock Information Network and Knowledge System (LINKS) project ICT (information and communication technology) in reporting and […]
- Date of Publication: November 2008
- Author(s): Gatarwa Kariuki; Robert Kaitho; Muthoni Mwangi; John Maina; Qalicha Wario
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
The Unintended Consequences of Development Assistance: The Case of Usangu in Tanzania
Abstract: Three smallholder rice irrigation schemes were established with development assistance in Tanzania in the 1980s and early 90s aimed at improving agricultural livelihoods in the […]
- Date of Publication: 11/1/2008
- Author(s): Peter Coppolillo; Deana Clifford; Jonna Mazet
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Changing Livelihoods, Risky Environments: Social and Economic Change among Pastoralists in East Africa
Abstract: We are currently working on a book with the provisional title above. It summarizes our findings from our work with the GL-CRSP Pastoral Risk Management […]
- Date of Publication: March 2008
- Author(s): John G. McPeak; Peter D. Little; Cheryl R. Doss; Christopher B. Barrett
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
How Are They Surviving Out There? An Analysis of Total Income in the PARIMA Study Sites
Abstract: One of the most commonly used measures of well being in economics is income. In our study area, special care must be taken in measuring […]
- Date of Publication: March 2008
- Author(s): John McPeak
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa
Abstract: This study investigates variation over time, space and household and individual characteristics in how people perceive different risks. Using original data from the arid and […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): Cheryl Doss; John McPeak; Christopher B. Barrett
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Challenging Orthodoxies: Understanding Poverty in Pastoral Areas of East Africa
Abstract: Understanding and alleviating poverty in Africa continues to receive considerable attention from a range of diverse actors, including politicians, international celebrities, academics, activists and practitioners. […]
- Date of Publication: 2008
- Author(s): Peter D. Little; John McPeak; Christopher B. Barrett; Patti Kristjanson
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Hagan, Linda
Country of Origin: Ghana- Start Date: 2008
- End Date: N.D.
- University: University of Ghana
- Degree: MS
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Training
A Qualitative Assessment of Support Programs for Caregivers’ Income Generation Activities in Ghana
Abstract: The Enhancing child Nutrition through Animal source food Management (ENAM) project was developed to address the affects of poverty on household food security and child […]
- Date of Publication: January 2008
- Author(s): Grace S. Marquis; Elizabeth Vogel; Esi Colecraft; O. Sakyi-Dawson
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
