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Historically, pastoral people were able to more freely use the services their semi-arid and arid ecosystems provide, and they adapted to changes in ways that improved their well-being. More recently, their ability to adapt has been constrained due to changes from within and from outside their com...


Boone, Randall B.Galvin, K.A.BurnSilver, S.B.Thornton, Philip K.Ojima, D.S.Jawson, J.R.[Using Coupled Simulation Models to Link Pastoral Decision Making and Ecosystem Services]Using Coupled Simulation Models to Link Pastoral Decision Making and Ecosystem Services

The early adoption of the legume Arachis pintoi was studied in the State of Caqueta, located in Colombia's Amazon region [date not given]. Data came from 174 farmers randomly surveyed in 1986 and 1997 within the area of influence of Nestle, a multinational milk-processing company. In addition, 52...


Rivas Ríos, LibardoHolmann, Federico J.[Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: the case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caqueta, Colombia.]Early adoption of Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics: the case of dual-purpose livestock systems in Caqueta, Colombia.

In December 2006, Rift Valley fever (RVF) was diagnosed in humans in Garissa Hospital, Kenya and an outbreak reported affecting 11 districts. Entomologic surveillance was performed in four districts to determine the epidemic/epizootic vectors of RVF virus (RVFV). Approximately 297,000 mosquitoes ...


Sang, R.Kioko, E.Lutomiah, J.Warigia, M.Ochieng, C.O'Guinn, M.Lee, J.S.Koka, H.Godsey, MHoel, D.Hanafi, H.Miller, B.Schnabel, D.Breiman, R.F.Richardson, J.[Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations]Rift Valley Fever Virus epidemic in Kenya, 2006/2007: The entomologic investigations

Surveys were made of rural artisan cheese factories located in the region of Olancho, Catacamas, and Juticalpa in Honduras (n=10) and in Esquipulas and Muy-Muy in Nicaragua (n=13). The objective was to analyze the milk market of small rural artisan cheese factories in livestock watersheds of Hond...


Holmann, Federico J.[Milk market of small scale artisan cheese factories in selected livestock watersheds of Honduras and Nicaragua]Milk market of small scale artisan cheese factories in selected livestock watersheds of Honduras and Nicaragua

A survey of pastoralist and agropastoralist households in south-east Kenya was conducted to determine their production objectives and management strategies in order to optimize and extend a breeding programme for indigenous small East African Shorthorn Zebu cattle. The reasons for keeping cattle ...


Hanotte, Olivier H.Drucker, A.G.[Production objectives and management strategies of livestock-keepers in Southeast Kenya: implications for a breeding programme]Production objectives and management strategies of livestock-keepers in Southeast Kenya: implications for a breeding programme

Vous avez entre les mains le numéro « 1 » de Spore, le bulletin du Centre de Technologie Agricole et Rurale. Un bulletin de plus, sans doute, dans un monde où de la plus grande à la plus petite, chaque institution édite sa lettre...


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[SPORE DISSÉMINER ET FAIRE GERMER]SPORE DISSÉMINER ET FAIRE GERMER

The study was conducted to assess the reproductive performance of ewes under village management condition in south western part of Ethiopia. The study was a monitoring study which took place for three years (1995-1997). The overall least squares means for lambing interval (LI) and annual rep...


Berhanu, BelayHaile, Aynalem[Reproductive performance of traditionally managed sheep in the south western part of Ethiopia]Reproductive performance of traditionally managed sheep in the south western part of Ethiopia

This paper analyzed the factors that affect farmers’ willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage for livestock, using a Tobit model. The data used for the empirical analysis was obtained from a survey of 97 farmers in southeastern Tunisia. The results of this study show that variables related ...


Chebil, A.Nasr, H.Zaibet, L.[Factors affecting farmers' willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage crops in south-eastern Tunisia]Factors affecting farmers' willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage crops in south-eastern Tunisia

International Livestock Research Institute[Update on IBLI Index in Loiyangalani for March 2011 (October-February insurance coverage period)]Update on IBLI Index in Loiyangalani for March 2011 (October-February insurance coverage period)

A survey of marketing system, socio economic role and intra household dynamics of indigenous chicken was conducted in Gomma Wereda located at 390 km southwest of Addis Ababa. Six Kebeles of the Wereda were randomly identified and 30 households (hh) randomly selected from each kebele were used to ...


Meseret, M.Solomon, D.Tadelle, D.[Marketing system, socio economic role and intra household dynamics of indigenous chicken in Gomma Wereda, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia]Marketing system, socio economic role and intra household dynamics of indigenous chicken in Gomma Wereda, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

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