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Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers
Improved breeding practices and participatory health services have been designed and implemented by a partnership between national and international institutions in various parts of Ethiopia since 2014. Based on a panel data of two waves, we have estimated the impact of these interventions on small...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.610610 |
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author | Kassie, Girma Tesfahun Asnake, Woinishet Haile, Aynalem Mengistu, Tesfaye Getachew Gizaw, Solomon Rischkowsky, Barbara |
author_facet | Kassie, Girma Tesfahun Asnake, Woinishet Haile, Aynalem Mengistu, Tesfaye Getachew Gizaw, Solomon Rischkowsky, Barbara |
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description | Improved breeding practices and participatory health services have been designed and implemented by a partnership between national and international institutions in various parts of Ethiopia since 2014. Based on a panel data of two waves, we have estimated the impact of these interventions on small ruminant fertility, offtake, return per head of animal, and gross income per adult equivalent. Different specifications of the difference-in-differences model revealed that access to small ruminant health services has increased offtake, return per head of sheep/goat, and gross income per adult equivalent. Participants in community-based small ruminant breeding have also higher offtake and gross income per capita than those who are not taking part. The findings of this study are expected to help understand the economic benefits that accrue to rural areas when livestock development interventions are made based on the right diagnosis. The results of this study will also be useful in informing the ongoing discussion in Ethiopia on the transformation of the livestock sector. |
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spelling | pubmed-83597292021-08-13 Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers Kassie, Girma Tesfahun Asnake, Woinishet Haile, Aynalem Mengistu, Tesfaye Getachew Gizaw, Solomon Rischkowsky, Barbara Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Improved breeding practices and participatory health services have been designed and implemented by a partnership between national and international institutions in various parts of Ethiopia since 2014. Based on a panel data of two waves, we have estimated the impact of these interventions on small ruminant fertility, offtake, return per head of animal, and gross income per adult equivalent. Different specifications of the difference-in-differences model revealed that access to small ruminant health services has increased offtake, return per head of sheep/goat, and gross income per adult equivalent. Participants in community-based small ruminant breeding have also higher offtake and gross income per capita than those who are not taking part. The findings of this study are expected to help understand the economic benefits that accrue to rural areas when livestock development interventions are made based on the right diagnosis. The results of this study will also be useful in informing the ongoing discussion in Ethiopia on the transformation of the livestock sector. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8359729/ /pubmed/34395567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.610610 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kassie, Asnake, Haile, Mengistu, Gizaw and Rischkowsky. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Kassie, Girma Tesfahun Asnake, Woinishet Haile, Aynalem Mengistu, Tesfaye Getachew Gizaw, Solomon Rischkowsky, Barbara Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title | Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title_full | Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title_fullStr | Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title_full_unstemmed | Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title_short | Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers |
title_sort | welfare impact of community-based veterinary and breeding services on small ruminant keepers |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.610610 |
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