Status And Prospects For Smallholder Milk Production

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Status And Prospects For Smallholder Milk Production

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Author : Torsten Hemme
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Release Date : 2010

Status And Prospects For Smallholder Milk Production written by Torsten Hemme and has been published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Dairy farms categories.

Milk production is an important livestock-sector activity and it is estimated that nearly 150 million farm households throughout the world are engaged in milk production.

Smallholder Dairying In The Tropics

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Author : Lindsay Falvey
language : en
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Release Date : 1999-01-01

Smallholder Dairying In The Tropics written by Lindsay Falvey and has been published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Agricultural systems categories.

Improving Smallholder Farmers Marketed Supply And Market Access For Dairy Products In Arsi Zone Ethiopia

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language : en
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Release Date :

Improving Smallholder Farmers Marketed Supply And Market Access For Dairy Products In Arsi Zone Ethiopia written by and has been published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Development The Case Of Ada A Woreda Oromia Region Ethiopia

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Release Date :

Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Development The Case Of Ada A Woreda Oromia Region Ethiopia written by and has been published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Blueprints For Tropical Dairy Farming

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Author : John Moran
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2017-01-20

Blueprints For Tropical Dairy Farming written by John Moran and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-20 with NATURE categories.

Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming provides insight into the logistics, infrastructure and management required for the development of small and large dairy farms in tropical developing countries. Farmers will learn how to improve the welfare, milk quality and productivity of their dairy herds. This book complements author John Moran’s five previous books on the principles of tropical dairy farming. The manual covers a wide range of topics related to ensuring the sustainability of dairy production systems in tropical developing countries, such as South and East Asia, Africa and Central America. It also provides guidelines for the best management practices of large-scale, more intensive dairy systems. While smallholder farms are the major suppliers of milk in the tropics, many larger farms are becoming established throughout the tropics to satisfy the increasing demands for fresh milk. Blueprints for Tropical Dairy Farming will be a valuable resource for farmers and stockpeople who want to improve the productive performance of their dairy herds, farm advisers who can assist farmers to achieve this aim, educators who develop training programs for farmers or who train dairy advisers in the basics of dairy production technology, and other stakeholders in tropical dairy production, such as local agribusiness, policy makers and research scientists. National and international agencies will learn new insights into the required long-term logistics for regional dairy development, while potential investors will acquire knowledge into intensive tropical dairy farming.

Milk For Health And Wealth

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Author : Jørgen Henriksen
language : en
Publisher: Fao
Release Date : 2009

Milk For Health And Wealth written by Jørgen Henriksen and has been published by Fao this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.

Smallholder dairying offers high returns to land and labour, a source of regular income, gives women an opportunity to become economically active, encourages cooperation between smallholders and transfers capital from urban centres to rural areas through the trade of milk: a low risk and low cost activity that has the potential to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods. NOTE: The main target audience for the FAO Diversification booklets are people and organizations that provide advisory, business and technical support to small-scale farmers and local communities in low and middle-income countries, as well as policy makers and programme managers. They are not intended to be technical "how to do it "guidelines; however each booklet identifies additional sources of information, technical support and websites.]

Business Management For Tropical Dairy Farmers

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Author : John Moran
language : en
Publisher: Landlinks Press
Release Date : 2009-05-22

Business Management For Tropical Dairy Farmers written by John Moran and has been published by Landlinks Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-22 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Most countries in South-East Asia have established smallholder dairy farming industries through social welfare and rural development programs to provide a regular cash flow for poorly resourced farmers. These farms are now being treated as accepted rural industries and require a more business-minded approach based on changes to farm profitability. Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers gives smallholder dairy farmers the business management skills they will need to remain sustainable. Drawing on detailed financial analyses of smallholders in countries such as Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia, it shows how to budget cash inputs to match cash outflows during different seasons of the year, and how to invest wisely in improving cattle housing and feeding systems. If farmers make greater use of formats and structures for farm costs and returns, it will increase their awareness of the relative importance of all their financial inputs in terms of cost of production per kilogram of milk produced on the farm. It will also allow them to make more meaningful and timely decisions by correctly costing planned changes to their routine farming practices. The book will also be of use to support organisations to more clearly define the key drivers of profit on smallholder farms, and to government departments and national dairy organisations to routinely evaluate and update their industry policies.

Smallholder Dairy Technology In Coastal Kenya

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Author : Charles F. Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Release Date : 1999-01-01

Smallholder Dairy Technology In Coastal Kenya written by Charles F. Nicholson and has been published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.

This study examined the factors influencing adoption of three related dairy technologies in coastal Kenya, and assessed the impacts of dairy adoption on household income, employment generation and nutrition status of pre-school children. The technologies studied were adoption of grade and crossbred dairy animals, planting of the fodder Napier grass and use of the infection and treatment method of immunisation against East Coast fever. A series of household surveys was conducted from mid-1997 to mid-1998. The descriptive results from surveys of 202 households in Coast Province indicate that adoption of a grade or crossbred dairy animal may result in substantial increases in household income, can generate paid (secondary) employment, and may improve the nutritional status of pre-school-age children in the Household. Econometric analyses, which controlled for numerous confounding factos, provided less consistent support for the impact of adoption on household income and paid employment. It appears that neither the adoption nor productivity of dairying are constrained by poor availability of technology options. For dairy development activities on the coast, two areas merit atention: mechanisms for easing access to grade and crossbred dairy cattle, either through credit schemes or through self-help smallholder co-operatives, and reducing the disease risks associated with grade and corssbred dairy animals.

Smallholder Dairy Farmer Training Manual

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Author : Goopy, J.P.
language : en
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Release Date : 2016-08-31

Smallholder Dairy Farmer Training Manual written by Goopy, J.P. and has been published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with categories.

Dairy Farming In Mountain Areas

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Author : Vir Singh
language : en
Publisher: Daya Books
Release Date : 2006

Dairy Farming In Mountain Areas written by Vir Singh and has been published by Daya Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Dairy Farming is one of the key economic activities livestock-dependent farming communities in the mountain areas depend upon. Dairy farming involves natural resource base-forests/rangelands, croplands, livestock breeding-feeding, breeding, health management, marketing and consumption of the products. This book presents wonderful synthesis of the smallholders resource management in the mountains. Smallholders constitute the majority of the mountain communities. Their strategies of resource management this book portrays provide the interesting matter the institutions might like to know about before they being with the interventions into dairy farming. Mountain areas are altogether distinguishable from those of the mainstream plain areas. And so are their production systems. Peri-urban areas in the region constitute the high-pressure areas. Dairy farming in these areas is essentially market-oriented. The book especially characterizes the smallholder dairy farms in the vicinity of urban milk consuming centres. These scenarios are different from those in the remote areas. Smallholder dairy farming has enormous potential. It can contribute to family income, generate gainful employment especially for women, elevate living standards of the producers, fight malnutrition especially amongst children and enhance processes of sustainable agriculture. Crop-livestock-forest/rangeland integrity is a key factor to the sustainability of mountain livelihoods. Augmentation of dairy farming systems leads to the enhanced performance of the overall production system. The book finally discusses perspective based approaches to operationalise sustainability in the mountains. The book, in essence, is a landmark publication in the area of sustainable mountain development. India is the leading milk producer in the world today, which is largely thanks to the smallholders contributions. Dairy development could be one of the key areas to help the country to occupy centre stage in the on-going rapid globalisation processes. This book is an humble attempt to further advance towards this direction. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Dairy Development in the Plants: A Review, Livestock in the mixed farming systems, Development interventions through plans, Some case studies, Summary; Chapter 3: Dairy Development Indicators, Mountain specificities, Dairy indicators, Types of dairy farms, Management, Dairy species, Dairy breeds, Marketable products, Use of inputs, Scale of production, Location/site, Production traits/individual performance indicators, Summary; Chapter 4: Livestock Population, Composition and Dynamics, Population, livestock in diverse agroecological zones, Livestock in a village, Livestock holding, Summary; Chapter 5: Feeds and Feeding Management, Why uncultivated fodder? Response to fragility, Biodiversity, Ecological niche, Higher productivity, Comparative nutritive value, Year-round fodder supplies, Resilience, Compatibility, Topographic suitability, Energy efficiency, Multiple benefits, Man-animal symbiosis, Environmental safety, Phenology of fodder plants, Contributions of different resources, Nutritive value, Feeding management, Summary; Chapter 6: Dairy Breeds and Breeding Management, Breeds in Indian Central Himalayas, Ponwar, Jwalapuri, Crossbreds, Hill breeds, Buffalo breeds, The conventional breeding management, Lessons learned, Some arguments for and against, Alternate husbandry practices, Summary; Chapter 7: Health Management, Main diseases, Effect of diseases, Health services and policies, The Ethno-vet system, Summary; Chapter 8: Milk Production, Marketing and Consumption Pattern, Trends in milk production, Seasonal variation, Milk marketing system, State dairy cooperative federations, Milk marketing channels, Producer-consumer channel, Producer-trader-consumer channel, Producer-cooperative-consumer channel, Milk marketing scenarios, Consumption pattern of dairy products, Consumption pattern in urban areas, Consumption pattern in rural areas, Summary; Chapter 9: Constraints to Dairy Farming in the HKH Region, Physical constraints, Biological constraints, Management-related constraints, Socioeconomic and institutional constraints, Summary; Chapter 10: Livestock in High Pressure Peri-urban Areas: A Case of the Central Himalayas, The setting and the methodology, Marketing of milk, Marketed surplus of milk, Sample analysis, Results and discussion, Demographic features, Landholding size, Livestock population and composition, Livestock holding, Livestock breeds, Milk production of peri-urban dairy farms; Per capita milk availability, Marketing of milk, Marketable surplus of milk, Determinants of marketable surplus of milk, Flow of milk through different marketing channels, Consumption pattern of dairy products, Fodder calendar, Feeds and their quality, Gender contribution to dairy production, Summary; Chapter 11: Potentials of Smallholder Dairy Farming and Approaches to Sustainability, Livestock and natural resource base, Existing potentialities, Natural resource management, Afforestation, Protection, Increasing biodiversity, Deferred-cum-rotational grazing, Practicising stall-feeding, Alternate energy sources, Efficient resource utilisation, Improved composting techniques, Livestock resource base, Technological options, Institutional intervention, Summary.