INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)
Conducting on-farm animal research : procedures and economic analysis
On-farm animal research (OFAR) has been a neglected component of farming systems research due to such factors as its high cost, the marketing constraints on increased production, and the popular belief that only commercial animal production is profitable.
Amir, Pervaiz; Knipscheer, Hendrik C. · 1970
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Abstract
To address these problems and overcome past research deficiencies, this book provides a general guide and reference manual on OFAR for junior- and middle-level researchers and extension workers who have at least a B.S. degree. Individual chapters cover: animal research within farming systems research; principles of animal production; basic economic concepts for OFAR trials; statistical analysis of OFAR; screening of animal technologies before on-farm testing; guidelines for conducting OFAR; methods of OFAR economic analysis; animal marketing; risk of new technologies; and institutional constraints to OFAR (highlighting Asia). The report provides a glossary and bibliography as well as chapter summaries and written exercises.
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