Systems approach to livestock development oriented research: ILCA's experience

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cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ML
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen
dc.contributor.authorRey, B.en
dc.contributor.authorFitzhugh, H.K.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-06T07:00:38Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-06T07:00:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/28458
dc.titleSystems approach to livestock development oriented research: ILCA's experienceen
dcterms.abstractFrom its establishment in 1974, the International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA) has followed a systems approach. Research planning and implementation incorporates description of systems, diagnosis of constraints, development and evaluation of interventions, and transfer of appropriate technologies. Models at various types are used for exante by systems analysis, and for organizing and analyzing data generated from systems research. Initial ILCA systems research concentrated on description of major African livestock production systems, including pastoral, transhumant, and agropastoral systems in Mali, Kenya, Ethiopia and Nigeria. These systems studies have involved interdisciplinary teams which addressed both agroecological and socioeconomic elements of the target production systems. These studies have contributed substantially to understanding the major constraints and interacting systems processes. Interventions developed and evaluated have included the oxen drawn broad bed maker for Vertisols in Ethiopian highlands, multipurpose trees for alley farming for smallholders in humid/subhumid zone, legumes in fodder banks for supplementing cattle and small ruminants in agropastoral systems, inter alia. Methodological lessons and perspectives are drawn from these experiences.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRey, B. and Fitshugh, H.K. 1994. Systems approach to livestock development oriented research: ILCA's experience. IN: Gibon, A. and Flamant, J.C. 1994. The study of livestock farming systems in a research and development framework EAAP Scientific Series 63: 120-129en
dcterms.issued1994
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.subjectsystems analysisen
dcterms.subjectmodelsen
dcterms.subjectresearch programmesen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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