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STEVE STAAL (USA) is Director of the Improving Market Opportunities Theme. He has 16 years of experience in agricultural research and extension in Africa and South Asia. Since joining ILRI in 1996, he has conducted research on smallholder competitiveness, transaction costs and policy in indigenous dairy markets, and the spatial evolution and intensification of smallholder crop-livestock production systems. His Theme is working with partners to identify and advocate opportunities for the poor to exploit livestock markets. A significant part of this work is conducted as a Joint Program on Livestock Markets with IFPRI. He holds a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Florida, in the USA. [ Retrieved on 13 MAR 2008 - http://www.ilri.org/home.asp?CCID=54&;SID=1 ] |
