Conducting On-Farm Animal Research [microform] : Procedures & Economic Analysis / Pervaiz Amir and Hendrik C. Knipscheer
- Bib ID:
- 5510373
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Amir, Pervaiz
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989
- 253 p.
- Summary:
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This book is intended to give animal scientists elementary tools to perform on-farm livestock analysis and to provide crop-oriented farming systems researchers with methods for conducting animal research. Chapter 1 describes farming systems research as a systems approach to on-farm animal research. Chapter 2 outlines some important animal-production concepts for nonscientists. Chapter 3 covers the economic concepts that are essential for technology evaluation and analysis. Chapter 4 briefly reviews the basic statistical concepts necessary for the design and analysis of on-farm animal research. Chapter 5 presents a model for screening animal technologies at the research station before on-farm testing is conducted. Chapter 6 provides guidelines for conducting on-farm research. Chapter 7 presents the tools needed to carry out simple economic analysis. Chapter 8 covers basic marketing concepts that are relevant to on-farm research, explaining the reasons that small farmers may be hesitant to test new practices and describing the marketing aspects that should be kept in mind when choosing a technology for on-farm testing. Chapter 9 deals with the risk and uncertainty inherent in new technologies. Chapter 10 covers such topics as obtaining support for on-farm research and the roles of different levels of management in supporting research. The book concludes with a glossary of some 700 terms, a 118-item bibliography, and exercises relevant to each chapter. (CML)
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- Sponsoring Agency: Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Bureau of Science and Technology.
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