Reviews differences between crop production and pastoral production, considering their effects on research possibilities; and describes basic methods that may be used to collect household level data, esp. informal & formal surveys, enumeration and the use of questionnaires.
Indicates factors that must be considered when designing pastoral systems research, esp. the need to maintain complementantrity among various types of research; the need for policy orientation when carrying out research; and setting up of priorities & opportunities. Includes case examples from wo...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Design and testing procedures in livestock systems research: An agro-pastoral example]
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Design and testing procedures in livestock systems research: An agro-pastoral example
Discusses pastoral systems research (PSR) within the framework of the experience of livestock and pastoral development in Africa during the last 50 years, analyzing data on livestock population & productivity in relation to the welfare of pastoralists; and examines previous efforts in pastoral de...
This document starts with an overview of ILRI's medium-term plan for 2002-2004. It continues with a summary of 2000 results and 2001 developments with reference to positioning ILRI to implement its strategy, programme highlights - 2000, intellectual property, and bioethics and biosaftey. It also ...
International Livestock Research Institute
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[ILRI medium-term plan 2002-2004: Making the livestock revolution work for the poor]
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ILRI medium-term plan 2002-2004: Making the livestock revolution work for the poor
Summarizes research findings in analysis of the existing systems, i.e. in production monitoring, veterinary survey, ecological monitoring, household economics, socio-economics & aerial surveys, and also in testing of innovations conducted by ILCA's Subhumid Programme in Nigeria and outlines the w...
Examines the interdisciplinary research being pursued by the ILCA East African Range Livestock Systems Study (EARLSS) team in Kenya, discussing the rationale for an interdisciplinary aproach to the study, factors which led to the concentration of the team's investigation on Maasai pastoralists, a...
International Livestock Centre for Africa
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[Introduction to East African Range Livestock Systems Study/Kenya]
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Introduction to East African Range Livestock Systems Study/Kenya
Pathmanathan, Indra
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Liljestrand, Jerker
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Martins, Jo. M.
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Rajapaksa, Lalini C.
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Lissner, Craig
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de Silva, Amala
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Selvaraju, Swarna
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Singh, Prabha Joginder
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[ Investing in Maternal Health : Learning from Malaysia and Sri Lanka ]