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Poverty is a rural dilemma and continues to be a persistent multidimensional problem. It is associated with poor farmers, small farm systems, the landless, resource endowments, the socioeconomic environment and externalities. Over 75% of the poor live and work in rural areas, trapped in a poverty...


Devendra, C.Chantalakhana, C.[Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management]Animals, poor people and food insecurity: Opportunities for improved livelihoods through efficient natural resource management

The major limitation to ruminant production in many tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia is poor nutrition. Annual growth rates of animals are restricted by the low nitrogen and high fiber content of the native grasses and crop residues that form the basis of the diets in these regions....


McSweeney, C.S.Odenyo, A.A.Krause, D.O.[Rumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumes]Rumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumes

The integration of crop and animal production is well developed in the farming systems of Asia, particularly those in small-scale agriculture. There is marked complementarity in resource use in these systems, with inputs from one sector being supplied to others. Specific examples of the main crop...


Devendra, C.Thomas, D.[Crop-animal interactions in mixed farming systems in Asia]Crop-animal interactions in mixed farming systems in Asia

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsUnited Nations Environment Programme[The Przewalski Horse and Restoration to its Natural Habitat in Mongolia: FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 61]The Przewalski Horse and Restoration to its Natural Habitat in Mongolia: FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 61

United Nations Environment Programme[Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment Volume Two]Selected Multilateral Treaties in the Field of the Environment Volume Two

United Nations Environment ProgrammeFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis Surveillance, Prevention and Control: FAO/UNEP/WHO Guidelines]Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis Surveillance, Prevention and Control: FAO/UNEP/WHO Guidelines

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases[Do T cells help animals develop immunity to trypanosomiasis]Do T cells help animals develop immunity to trypanosomiasis

This chapter reports on a range of research conducted in CIFOR's research area in Malinau, East Kalimantan. A major emphasis of this work was to begin to document the biological wealth of this area. The main task had three major aspects: 1) finding out what occurs where, 2) assessing to whom it m...


Sheil, Douglas[Biodiversity research in Malinau]Biodiversity research in Malinau

Given the importance of non-timber forest resources to subsistence livelihoods, the increased rate of logging in Amazonia, and the pronounced overlap of timber and non-timber species, it is important to evaluate the altered composition and abundance of NTFPs. In this changing landscape, it is vit...


Shanley, P.Luz, L.Cymerys, M.[The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia]The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia

United Nations Environment Programme[Global Biodiversity - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 11]Global Biodiversity - UNEP/GEMS Environment Library No. 11

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