Pastoralism is used to describe a society that derives majority of their food and income from livestock. This form of farming system is largely practised in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL). It is estimated that 70% of the landmass in the Horn of Africa is dry land; in Kenya 80% of the landmas...
Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Wesongah, J.
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Tura, G.
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Msalya, G.
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Grace, Delia
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Unger, Fred
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Alonso, Silvia
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[Pastoralism in Kenya and Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities in animal health and food security]
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Pastoralism in Kenya and Tanzania: Challenges and opportunities in animal health and food security
Cooper, T.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Hall, T.
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[Je, nini kinachoua ng’ombe wangu? Visual aid for seeking informed consent on ‘What is killing my cow?’ project, Tanzania]
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Je, nini kinachoua ng’ombe wangu? Visual aid for seeking informed consent on ‘What is killing my cow?’ project, Tanzania
Pastoralism is a farming system in societies that derive majority of their food and
income from livestock production. This form of farming system is practised in the
world’s arid and semi arid lands (ASALs). It is estimated that 70% of the landmass
in the Horn of Africa is dry land; in Kenya 80% ...
Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Wesongah, J.
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Galgalo, T.
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Msalya, G.
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Grace, Delia
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Unger, Fred
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Alonso, Silvia
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[Pastoralism: Animal health and food safety situation analysis, Kenya and Tanzania]
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Pastoralism: Animal health and food safety situation analysis, Kenya and Tanzania
Global agriculture must produce more food to feed a growing population. Yet scientific assessments point to climate change as a growing threat to agricultural yields and food security (1–4). Recent droughts and floods in the Horn of Africa, Russia, Pakistan, and Australia affected food production...
Beddington, J.R.
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Asaduzzaman, Mohammed
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Clark, Megan E.
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Fernández Bremauntz, Adrian
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Guillou, Marion
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Howlett DJB
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Jahn, Molly M.
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Erda, Lin
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Mamo, Tekalign
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Negra, Christine
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Nobre, Carlos A.
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Scholes, Robert J.
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Nguyen Van Bo
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[What Next for Agriculture After Durban?]
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What Next for Agriculture After Durban?
Farmers in some areas are adapting to climate change, others are being "completely wiped out," pointing to the need for focused interventions. How are Kenyan farmers coping with shifting weather patterns?
Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[Professor Judi Wakhungu on turning national attention to climate change and food security]
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Professor Judi Wakhungu on turning national attention to climate change and food security
capacity and infrastructure of government services for disease identification and control
are often limited. In the absence of systematic surveillance systems for animal
diseases, the information on pathogens affecting livestock has been filled by targeted
surveys conducted in certain locations a...
Alonso, Silvia
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Toye, Philip G.
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Jores, Joerg
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Msalya, G.
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Grace, Delia
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Unger, Fred
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[The known and the unknowns: A multipathogen survey to identify diseases in cattle herds in Tanzania]
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The known and the unknowns: A multipathogen survey to identify diseases in cattle herds in Tanzania
Cattle diseases remain a major constraint to increasing dairy productivity in Tanzania,
by killing or keeping them sick and under-producing. Recent studies report overall
mortality between 12 and 14 % in smallholder dairy cattle across different regions of
Tanzania. Many of these diseases can als...
Alonso, Silvia
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Unger, Fred
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Toye, Philip G.
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Jores, Joerg
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Msalya, G.
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Grace, Delia
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[Cattle diseases in dairy herds in Tanzania: Farmers’ view and laboratory confirmation]
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Cattle diseases in dairy herds in Tanzania: Farmers’ view and laboratory confirmation
Investigates the effects of non genetic factors on performance, and estimates genetic parameters of reproductive and productive traits with a view to examining the appropriateness of the assumed parameters. Presents an evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Keny...
Rege, J.E.O.
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Lomole, M.A.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. I. Effects of non-genetic factors on performance and genetic parameter estimates]
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An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. I. Effects of non-genetic factors on performance and genetic parameter estimates
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, with heavy impact in affected countries. Outbreaks are episodic and related to climate variability, especially rainfall and flooding. Despite great stride...
Gikungu, D.
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Neyole, E.
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Muita, R.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Siamba, D.
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Muita, R.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Dynamic risk model for Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data]
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Dynamic risk model for Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data
Sub-Saharan African goats with an estimated population of 180 millions are major asset for farmer communities in a range of agro-ecological zones. This study was undertaken to determine the genetic diversity in and differentiation of relationships among 18 populations of goats from Uganda (4), Ta...
Muema, E.K.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Han Jianlin
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[Genetic diversity and relationship of indigenous goats of Sub-saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers]
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Genetic diversity and relationship of indigenous goats of Sub-saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers