A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.creatorGebreselassie, N.
dc.creatorDesta, S.
dc.creatorEhui, Simeon K.
dc.date1998
dc.date2014-10-31T06:08:48Z
dc.date2014-10-31T06:08:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:47:02Z
dc.descriptionThe objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitable approach for properly measuring the productivity of pastoral systems, and this section discusses in terms of:- employment and income; government revenue and exports; source of food; non-food outputs; inputs for sustainable agriculture; efficient and environmentally sustainable use of scarce and marginal resources. The second section assesses the problems that constrain the Development of pastoral system; finally conclusions are given in the last section.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/50109
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/133024
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Livestock Research Institute
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagropastoral systems
dc.subjectmixed farming
dc.subjectrangelands
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectanimal production
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectpastoralism
dc.titleA review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeConference Paper

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