Policy and technology options for dairy systems in East Africa: Economic and environmental assessment

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dc.contributor.authorKaitho, R.en
dc.contributor.authorEddleman, B.en
dc.contributor.authorChen, Chi Chungen
dc.contributor.authorMcCarl, Bruce A.en
dc.contributor.authorAngerer, Jayen
dc.contributor.authorStuth, Jerryen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialEast Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:19Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.description.abstractAssessment of smallholder dairy technology was used as a case study to develop models in the SANREM decision support system. Scenarios depicting the industry before current improvements, the current situation, and forecasted improvements resulting from further adoption of technology were evaluated. GIS methods were used to establish appropriate sampling frames for field studies and analysis. Forage and livestock models supplemented reported data as input to economic and environmental models. Assessment of the impact of alternative smallholder dairy technology packages was evaluated in the Sondu river basin using watershed models driven by economic and environmental models. With demand growth from projected population increases, full adoption of the improved dairy technology package would generate total economic welfare of KS 4,206 million. Full adoption of the technology package in the Sondu river basin would increase sediment loads in the basin by 5% over a 21-year period and stream flow would increase slightly. The general models developed from initial smallholder dairy studies predict annual increases in productivity of between 0.3 and 0.5% per year would be required to sustain food prices at current levels with 2015 demand. Intensification and extensification strategies were evaluated to achieve these levels of productivity. Combinations of strategies were predicted to be the most rational in meeting future food security demands with sustainable use of natural resources.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier194en
dc.identifier.citationPaper presented at the SANREM CRSP Research Scientific Synthesis Conference, Athens, GA, 28-30 November 2001en
dc.identifier.other194_Kaitho.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65278en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectGISen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectEconomic assessmenten
dc.subjectEnvironmental assessment (ea)en
dc.subjectSmallholdersen
dc.subjectDairy technologyen
dc.subjectMilk productionen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titlePolicy and technology options for dairy systems in East Africa: Economic and environmental assessmenten
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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