Summarises results of an inquiry survey of age & sex structure, reproductive performance, mortality & offtake in traditionally managed goat & sheep flocks around Niono, Mali, comparing results with those obtained w. longterm observations of same parameters in order to determine usefulness & inter...
Kolff, H.E.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Data on traditionally managed goat and sheep populations, a base for a comparative study between two types of collecting data]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Data on traditionally managed goat and sheep populations, a base for a comparative study between two types of collecting data
Describes & analyses the "Mouton de Case" small scale sheep fattening system of Central Mali, with particular reference to ownership of sheep & extent of practice in the agro-pastoral & rainfed farming subsystems, relation between ownership of other livestock and keeping of "Mouton de Case"; mana...
Kolff, H.E.
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Wilson, R.T.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: smallholder sheep fattening, the "Mouton de Case"]
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Livestock production in central Mali: smallholder sheep fattening, the "Mouton de Case"
Presents papers discussing the potential for impacts within ILCA's organisational framework and mandate. The introductory paper raises general issues and poses questions that are pursued in the other papers. These papers address the environmental, economic and social components of impact within t...
Discusses the problems of livestock development in Africa - at producer, government and funding agency level; the basic constraints and planning approaches to livestock development; land tenure policies; livestock marketing & pricing policies; animal disease control and eradication policies; and ...
International Livestock Centre for Africa
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[Comprehensive policies and programmes for livestock development in Africa: Problems, constraints and necessary future action]
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Comprehensive policies and programmes for livestock development in Africa: Problems, constraints and necessary future action
Reviews the characteristics of African pastoralism. Describes the major technical land institutional interventions along with the reasons why they have proved so difficult. The technical interventions include water development breed improvement, grazing blocks,range management, veterinary campaig...
International Livestock Centre for Africa
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[Interventions for African pastoral development under adverse production trends]
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Interventions for African pastoral development under adverse production trends
This paper aims to find best predictors for rainfall statistics over Western Africa. We investigated skill level for rainfall total and number of rainy days over a 0.8-degree gridded resolution over five season windows from March to September: March-April-May (MAM), April-May-June (AMJ), May-June...
Ndiaye, Ousmane
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[Skill of Rainfall Statistics during Summer over West Africa using the Multi Model Ensemble Output, 1983-2015]
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Skill of Rainfall Statistics during Summer over West Africa using the Multi Model Ensemble Output, 1983-2015
This manual is a compilation of methods used in studying legume-Rhizobium relationships in the Environmental Sciences Division at ILCA. These methods are similar to those used in other soil microbiology laboratories around the world, but most of them have been adapted to suit equipment available ...
Faced with the triple challenges of achieving food security, adapting to the impacts of climate
change, and reducing emissions, agriculture has been prioritized by countries as a sector for
climate action. The national process of formulating and implementing National Adaptation
Plans, which gives...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Richards, Meryl
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[10 best bet innovations for adaptation in agriculture: A supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines]
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10 best bet innovations for adaptation in agriculture: A supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines
Mainuddin, M.
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Kirby, J.M.
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Chen, Y.
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[Spatial and temporal pattern of land and water productivity in the Lower Mekong River Basin: Basin approach]
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Spatial and temporal pattern of land and water productivity in the Lower Mekong River Basin: Basin approach