Livestock Markets and Risk Management Among East African Pastoralists: A Review and Research Agenda

47 Pages Posted: 17 Feb 2001

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DeeVon Bailey

Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics

Christopher B. Barrett

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Peter D. Little

University of Kentucky - Department of Anthropology

Francis Chabari

GTZ Marsabit Development Program

Date Written: May 1999

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the state of the livestock marketing channel in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, based mainly on secondary data, examines the relevant literature dealing with risk in livestock markets in sub-Saharan Africa, determines critical livestock marketing research needs in our study area of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya and introduces a conceptual framework that we think can usefully guide further empirical research. We also examine methodologies that could be used to evaluate the market risks faced by pastoralists.

Suggested Citation

Bailey, DeeVon and Barrett, Christopher B. and Little, Peter D. and Chabari, Francis, Livestock Markets and Risk Management Among East African Pastoralists: A Review and Research Agenda (May 1999). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=258370 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.258370

DeeVon Bailey

Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics ( email )

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Francis Chabari

GTZ Marsabit Development Program ( email )

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbe
Marsabit
Kenya

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