La remise en cause d'un modèle moderniste et productiviste en agriculture, bâti sur le développement des sciences et des techniques, se traduit par l'éclosion de formes originales de pratiques et de collectifs.
Ethiopian needs to achieve accelerated agricultural development along a sustainable commercialization path to alleviate poverty and ensure overall national development. In this regard, sustainable commercial of smallholder dairying provides a viable and growing opportunity; with deliberate, appropriate and sustained policy support. A recent empirical analysis concludes however, that Ethiopian smallholder dairy sub-sector has not been able to take-off despite decades of development interventions.