Author Description

Animal research within farming systems research; Purpose; Objectives; Farming systems research; Stages in farming systems research for the design of new technology; Animal-production systems; On-farm animal research; On-farm animal research with a farming systems perspective; Animal production concepts; The role of livestock in the farming system; Growth of farm animals; Animal feeds; Managemente systems; Improving animal performance; Markets and products; Economic concepts; Economics and on-farm animal research; Economics and farming decisions; Economics of production; Using statistics in on-farm animal research; Some statistical concepts; Hypothesis testing; Applying statistics to on-farm animal research; Screening technologies for profitability; Why technologies should be screened; Perspectives to screening; Economic analysis as a screening tool; Improving the screening process; Guidelines for conducting on-farm animal research; Objectives of an on-farm animal research trial; Designing on-farm animal research; Monitoring on-farm animal Research; Record-keeping systems; Techniques for economic analysis; Budgeting; Quantifying economic benefits; Marketing; The market; Prices; Costs and margins; Risk; Defining risk; Risks associated with animal research; Considering risk in analyzing results; Institutional constraints in Asia; Animal research Asian countries; Making the needs known; Providing leadership; Offering incentives; Sources of information.