Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger

Alberto Zezza, Giovanni Federighi, Amadou Adamou Kalilou and Pierre Hiernaux

Food Policy, 2016, vol. 59, issue C, 174-186

Abstract: Milk is an important source of cash and nutrients for many households in developing countries. Yet, our understanding of the role of dairy production in livelihoods and nutritional outcomes is hindered by the lack of decent quality household survey data. Data on milk off-take for human consumption are difficult to collect in household surveys for a number of reasons which make accurate recall challenging for the respondent (continuous production and seasonality among others), introducing possibly severe biases in the computation of full household incomes and farm sales, as well as in the estimation of the contribution of livestock (specifically dairy) production to agricultural value added and the livelihoods of rural households.

Keywords: Livestock; Household surveys; Livelihoods; Questionnaire design; Milk; Niger (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.01.005

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