Livestock are the major consumers of water but also sustain millions of pastoralist and farming families. In regions where water is a scarce commodity, such as the Nile basin, there is a need for strategies to improve livestock water productivity (LWP). This study seeks to contribute to this need...
In mix crop livestock systems, farmers derive their livelihoods using natural resources based strategies and off farm income. In these system livestock is both a source of food, fiber cash income and draught power valued in agricultural production and transport. Using the sustainable livelihood f...
Mburu, S.
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Zaibet, L.
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Fall, Abdou
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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[The role of working animals in the livelihoods of rural communities in West Africa]
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The role of working animals in the livelihoods of rural communities in West Africa
Various policy aspects of animal breeding in Africa are described. The main ecological zones, national breeding programmes and breeding improvement services and schemes are discussed to give a general overview of livestock improvement in the region.
Improving water productivity depends on how local communal water and grazing resources are governed. This involves institutional and organizational issues. In the mixed farming systems of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, non-participatory water users’ associations, neglect of traditional wate...
Teklewold, T.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia]
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Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia
Poultry are important for many poor households in developing countries, but there are many constraints to poultry production, including disease. One of the most important diseases of chickens is Newcastle disease (ND). Even though there are effective vaccines against this disease available in mos...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Young, J.
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Wyatt, A.
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Young, M.
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Alders, Robyn G.
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Bagnol, B.
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Kibaya, A.
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Grace, Delia
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[Do vaccination interventions have effects? A study on how poultry vaccination interventions change smallholder farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practice in villages in Kenya and Tanzania]
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Do vaccination interventions have effects? A study on how poultry vaccination interventions change smallholder farmer knowledge, attitudes, and practice in villages in Kenya and Tanzania
Livestock-wildlife interactions promote the transmission of a wide range of infectious diseases that constraint livestock production. We used a participatory appraisal approach to find out and rank infectious diseases of concern to pastoralists in a zone of intense wildlife-livestock interaction ...
Nthiwa, Daniel
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Alonso, Silvia
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Odongo, David O.
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Kenya, Eucharia
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya]
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A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Hu Suk Lee
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Thanh Long Pham
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Tien Ngoc Nguyen
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Mihye Lee
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Wieland, Barbara
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[Seasonal patterns and space‐time clustering of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) cases from 2008 to 2016 in Vietnam]
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Seasonal patterns and space‐time clustering of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) cases from 2008 to 2016 in Vietnam
Mulema, Annet A.
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Jogo, Wellington
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Damtew, Elias
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Thorne, Peter J.
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[Women farmers’ participation in the agricultural research process: Implications for agricultural sustainability in Ethiopia]
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Women farmers’ participation in the agricultural research process: Implications for agricultural sustainability in Ethiopia
Gisselquist, David
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Nash, John
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Pray, Carl
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[ Deregulating the Transfer of Agricultural Technology : Lessons from Bangladesh, India, Turkey, and Zimbabwe ]