This paper uses household and key informant survey data from Ethiopia to: (1) understand the organizational structures that influence change in dairy production systems; (2) explore how local-level innovation system networks are functioning in the smallholder dairy production and (3) identify int...
Asres, A.
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Sölkner, J.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[Livestock innovation systems and networks: Findings from smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia]
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Livestock innovation systems and networks: Findings from smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia
In the Ankole pastoral production system animals are grazed on pasture all year round. The cattle are not supplemented with conserved pasture or commercial feed except minerals. The large number of factors that influence production makes it impractical and expensive to use field trials to explore...
Mulindwa, H.
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Galukande, E.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Sölkner, J.
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[Stochastic simulation model of Ankole pastoral production system: Model development and evaluation]
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Stochastic simulation model of Ankole pastoral production system: Model development and evaluation
This review summarizes available information on genetics of adaptation in major livestock species focusing on small ruminants. Adaptation to humans and consequences of domestication on predator aversion, mechanisms of adaptation to available feed and water resources, severe climates and genetic e...
Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Tibbo, Markos
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Sölkner, J.
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[Genetics of adaptation in domestic farm animals: a review]
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Genetics of adaptation in domestic farm animals: a review
Trypanosomosis is an important disease affecting humans as well as animals. It remains a big constraint to livestock productions in tropical areas. The objective of this study was to assess the importance of trypanosomosis among cattle diseases in Burkina Faso, mainly in tsetse-challenged areas, ...
Soudre, A.
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Ouédraogo-Kone, S.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Muller, S.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Ouédraogo, A.G.
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Sölkner, J.
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[Trypanosomosis: A priority disease in tsetse-challenged areas of Burkina Faso]
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Trypanosomosis: A priority disease in tsetse-challenged areas of Burkina Faso
Breeding programmes described as community-based (CBBP) typically relate to low-input systems with farmers having a common interest to improve and share their genetic resources. CBBPs are more frequent with keepers of small ruminants, in particular smallholders of local breeds, than with cattle, ...
Mueller, J.P.
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Philipsson, J.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Besbes, B.
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Valle-Zárate, A.
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Tibbo, Markos
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Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Sölkner, J.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples]
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Community based livestock breeding programmes: Essentials and examples
Based on the results of participatory approaches to define traits in the breeding objectives, four scenarios of ram selection and ram use were compared via deterministic modelling of breeding plans for community-based sheep breeding programmes in four diverse agro-ecological regions of Ethiopia. ...
Mirkena, T.
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Duguma, G.
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Willam, A.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Haile, Aynalem
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Tibbo, Markos
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Sölkner, J.
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[Community-based alternative breeding plans for indigenous sheep breeds in four agro-ecological zones of Ethiopia]
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Community-based alternative breeding plans for indigenous sheep breeds in four agro-ecological zones of Ethiopia
We studied how the failure to take into account gendered roles in the management of a communal pasture can affect the resilience of this social-ecological system. Data were collected using qualitative methods, including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and participant observations fr...
Aregu, Lemlem
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Darnhofer, Ika
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Wurzinger, Maria
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[The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia]
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The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia
The Bahima ethnic group have been crossbreeding autochthonous Ankole with Holstein-Friesian cattle. Separate herds (pure Ankole and crossbreds) are common. A survey was conducted to characterize pasture utilization and management in the Ankole region to gain a better understanding of current and ...
Roschinsky, R.
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Mulindwa, H.
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Galukande, E.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Mpairwe, D.R.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Sölkner, J.
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[Pasture use and management strategies in the Ankole pastoral system in Uganda]
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Pasture use and management strategies in the Ankole pastoral system in Uganda