August 2014

Relative economic value estimates of grasscutter production traits

The study was conducted to estimate relative economic values (REVs) of survival, body weight, growth rate, reproduction, docility and food intake. Data were obtained from records of grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) kept at the grasscutter section of the Department of Animal Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. Average values of production inputs and outputs parameters were computed from...

Author(s): S. Y. Annor,, B. K. Ahunu, G. S. Aboagye, K. Boa-Amponsem and J.P. Cassady

August 2014

Infrastructure disparities in rural India: With special reference to livestock support services and veterinary infrastructure

The prosperity of a country depends directly upon the development of agriculture and industry, and the production of agriculture and industry requires irrigation, power, machinery, credit, energy and telecommunication facilities, marketing services, transport services which includes railway, roads, shipping and communication facilities etc. All these facilities and services which help in industrial and agricultural...

Author(s): Pushpa Yadav, B. S. Chandel and Smita Sirohi