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1 Sharma, R.; Poleman, T. T. 1993. The new economics of India’s green revolution: Income and employment diffusion in Uttar Pradesh. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell University Press. xix, 272p.
Green revolution ; Poverty ; Income distribution ; Households ; Villages ; Agrarian reform ; Irrigated farming ; Dairy farms ; Case studies / India / Uttar Pradesh / Walidpur / Rampur / Izarpur / Jamalpur / Meerut / Sitapur
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G635 SHA Record No: H038557)
2 O’reilly, S.; Keane, M.; Enright, P. (Eds.) 2007. Proceedings of the 16th International Farm Management Association Congress: A vibrant rural economy – The challenge for balance. University College Cork, Cork, Ireland 15-20 July 2007. Vol. 1. Cork, Ireland: International Farm Management Association. 473p.
Horticulture ; Organic fertilizers ; Sugarcane ; Agricultural policy ; Dairy farms ; Food security ; Rural economy ; Marketing ; Farm income ; Cotton / New Zealand / Bulgaria / Netherlands / South Africa / Kenya / Uganda / Tanzania / Ireland / Kwazulu-Natal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G000 ORE Record No: H040765)
3 Singh, O. P.; Kumar, M. Dinesh. 2008. Using energy pricing as a tool for efficient, equitable and sustainable use of groundwater for irrigation: evidence from three locations of India. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.413-438.
Groundwater irrigation ; Costs ; Electrical energy ; Pricing ; Pumping ; Water use efficiency ; Water productivity ; Milk production ; Dairy farms ; Livestock ; Water use ; Fodder ; Crop management / India / Gujarat / Uttar Pradesh / Bihar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041884)
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4 Singh, O. P.; Kumar, M. Dinesh. 2009. Impact of dairy farming on agricultural water productivity and irrigation water use. In Kumar, M. Dinesh; Amarasinghe, Upali A. (Eds.). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 4: water productivity improvements in Indian agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.85-98.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H042638)
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5 Haileslassie, A.; Blummel, M.; Clement, Floriane; Ishaq, Saba; Khan, M. A. 2011. Adapting livestock water productivity to climate change. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 3(2):156-169. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/17568691111128995]
Water productivity ; Livestock ; Milk production ; Climate change ; Water supply ; Farming systems ; Dairy farms ; River basins / India / Indo-Ganga River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044339)
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Purpose – The main purposes of this paper were to assess effects of smallholder farmers access to livelihood capital (e.g. land, livestock and water) on livestock water productivity (LWP) and to evaluate impacts of selected interventions in reducing livestock water demand (per unit of livestock product) and therefore increasing LWP. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 203 sample farm households were selected in intensive and semi-intensive crop-livestock systems of Indo-Ganga basin of India. A household survey was undertaken to capture data on land, water and livestock management. For the analysis, sample farms were clustered into poor, medium, better-off. LWP is estimated as a ratio of livestock beneficial-outputs (e.g. milk) to depleted-water (i.e. evapotranspired water to produce livestock feed). Impacts of selected interventions, on LWP, were analyzed using scenarios developed on a spread sheet model. Findings – The results showed different LWP values among farm-clusters and levels of intensification. The intensive systems showed higher LWP than the semi-intensive. In the baseline, dairy water demand to produce a liter of milk was higher than the world average: ranging between 1,000 and 29,000 L. Among the farm-clusters, variation of LWP was system specific and affected by farmers’ access to virtual water trading (i.e. milk and feed). Improving milk productivity, feed quality and feed water productivity reduced livestock water demand per liter of milk substantially and, therefore, the saved water can be used to augment ecosystem services that can mitigate the impacts of climate change. Originality/value – This paper revealed that in the study systems LWP, in the business as usual scenario, is low. But by improving animal productivity, quality feed supply and water conservation substantial volume of water can be saved.
6 Kuma, B.; Getnet, Kindie; Baker, D.; Kassa, B. 2011. Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: the case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Applied Sciences and Technology, 2(2):19-30.
Livestock ; Dairy farms ; Milk production ; Farmer participation ; Decision making ; Smallholders ; Value added product ; Models / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044906)
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On-farm value addition to farm products is recognized and highly promoted through value chain approaches for its benefit in terms of improving farm income. Growing demand and high price for value added milk products, together with the availability of ample livestock resources, would provide opportunities for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to diversify their livelihoods. Nevertheless, their participation in milk value addition is perceived to be generally low. Apart from farm household characteristics, organizational and institutional issues influence farmers’ participation decisions and level of participation in-farm level milk value addition. By analyzing survey data using Heckman two-stage selection model, this article identified determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in-farm level milk value addition by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. The first-stage probit model estimation results indicate that milk yield, distance from urban centers, household demography (age and child), livestock extension services, the need to extend shelf life, consideration of milk products for social factors such as holidays and fasting, and availability of labor for milk value addition determined household’s decision to add values to milk. The results also show that most of the factors determining decision of participation in milk value addition also determined the level of participation.
7 Maloszewski, P.; Witczak, S.; Malina, G. (Eds.) 2013. Groundwater quality sustainability. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. 350p.
Groundwater management ; Water quality ; Groundwater recharge ; Nitrates ; Water pollution ; Drinking water ; Sediment ; Dairy farms ; Fertilizers ; Early warning systems ; Aquifers ; Filtration ; Infiltration ; Hydrogeology ; Arsenic ; Risk assessment ; Decision support systems ; Models ; Catchment areas ; Flow discharge ; Monitoring ; River basins / Germany / Southern Spain / Russia / Hungary / Portugal / Croatia / Syria / Saxony / Mediterranean River Basin / Budapest / Catalonia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MAL Record No: H045610)
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8 Kuma, B.; Baker, D.; Getnet, Kindie; Kassa, B. 2013. Factors affecting milk market outlet choices in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 8(21):2493-2501. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR11.2156]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046056)
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The study was undertaken with the objective of assessing factors affecting milk market outlet choices in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. Using farm household survey data from 394 households and Multinomial Logit Model, milk market outlet choices were analyzed. Multinomial Logit model results indicate that compared to accessing individual consumer milk market outlet, the likelihood of accessing cooperative milk market outlet was lower among households who owned large number of cows, those who considered price offered by cooperative lower than other market outlets and those who wanted payment other than cash mode. The likelihood of accessing cooperative milk market outlet was higher for households who were cooperative member, who owned large landholding size, who had been in dairy farming for many years and who received better dairy extension services. Compared to accessing individual consumer milk market outlet, the likelihood of accessing hotel/restaurant milk market outlet was lower among households who were at far away from urban center and higher among households who accessed better dairy extension services and who owned large number of dairy cows. As one of the key factors to boost milk market outlet choices, dairy extension services should be strengthened through redesigning or reforming implementation strategies or improving/strengthening existing policy. It should be strengthened to enable farmers produce surplus milk for markets and should devise means to reduce local milking cow numbers by replacing them with crossbred cows. Moreover, governments should strengthen milk processing cooperatives and improve infrastructure facilities.
9 Black-Michaud, J.; Malalgoda, M.; Schipper, R. A.; Thio, K. S. 1982. Reduced planning efforts: identification of rural potentials in selected key regions of Ratnapura. ARTI/Wageningen University Research Project in Agricultural Planning. Report 6 in Regional Planning for Agricultural Development in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Agrarian Research and Training Institute (ARTI). 99p. (ARTI Research Study 53)
Agricultural development ; Planning ; Farmers ; Farming systems ; Research ; Population growth ; Agroecology ; Soil erosion ; Soil conservation ; Irrigation schemes ; Land use ; Highlands ; Crop management ; Cultivation ; Dairy farms ; Rural areas ; Agroindustry ; Infrastructure ; Land tenure ; Marketing / Sri Lanka / Ratnapura
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 361.25 G744 BLA Record No: H046321)
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10 Gebrekidane, T.; Bhardwaj, R. K.; Gangwar, S. K. 2014. Constraints and opportunities of urban and peri-urban dairy production in Central Tigray of northern Ethiopia. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.291-299. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Milk production ; Dairy farms ; Livestock ; Dairy cattle ; Productivity ; Farmers ; Urban areas ; Periurban areas ; Feed resources ; Animal health ; Land resources ; Households / Northern Ethiopia / Central Tigray / Adwa / Axum
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047043)
The purpose of this study was to explore the constraints and opportunities of dairy production in the urban and peri-urban areas of central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. A total of 160 dairy holding households were selected for the study by a systematic random sampling technique. Feed shortage and inadequate land were ranked as the first and second order constraints in urban and peri-urban areas respectively. Diseases followed by waste disposal were rated as the third and fourth order constraints in urban areas whereas a lack of exotic breeds ranked third in the peri-urban areas. Increased demands of dairy products, increased farmers’ awareness about dairying and access to credit services were some of the opportunities to increase dairy production in the area. The problem of availability of feed and land were significant both in urban and peri-urban areas and it has to be addressed both in terms of utilisation and management.
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