Search Results - "Herder"

Beyond group ranch subdivision: Collective action for livestock mobility, ecological viability, and livelihoods by BurnSilver, Shauna, Mwangi, Esther

“…NDVI profiles show that forage options for individual herders decrease dramatically under privatization, but rebound somewhat when parcels are shared between households located adjacent to each other. …”
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Facilitating collective action by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Through collective action, forest users, fishers, irrigators, herders, and other rural producers improve and sustain resources vital for their lives. …”
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The mortality and fertility of farmers and pastoralists in central Mali 1950-1981 by Hill, A.C., Randall, S., Sullivan, O.

“…Reports results of two demographic sample surveys in central Mali, analysing data which relate to age specific mortality and fertility of Bambara cultivators and Twareg nomadic cattle herders living in the area of the Niger inundation zone. …”
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Promoting a bundle of biofortified seeds and agricultural inputs in northeastern Nigeria by Misra, Rewa S., Amare, Mulubrhan, Ambler, Kate, Bamiwuye, Temilolu, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Wagner, Julia

“…Moreover, conflict between pastoralist livestock herders and settled agricultural communities over land use, as well as extremism, has led millions of people to flee from their homes. …”
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Managing droughts in the low-rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa by Hazell, Peter B. R., Oram, Peter, Chaherli, Nabil

“…Moreover droughts seem to be increasing in frequency, and their high social, economic, and environmental costs have led governments to intervene with various forms of assistance to farmers and herders, including distribution of subsidized animal feed, rescheduling of loans, investments in water development, and in animal health. …”
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Pastoral livestock losses and post-drought rehabilitation in subsaharan Africa: Policy options and issues by Toulmin, C.

“…It then examines the provision of credit to herders to aid in the reconstitution of livestock holdings, and associates the particular issues with the implementation of such projects. …”
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Capacity building of Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Platform (PIMA) actors in members in community governance, crop calendar construction, and implementation of nature-based solution... by Doumbia, Salif, Sangaré, Modibo Baliando, Doumbia, Djibril, Niangaly, Amakéné, Cissé, Sékou Tidjane, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald

“…Conversion of dry season pasture to potato and vegetable fields in inland valleys is resulting in biodiversity loss, water resources degradation, pastoral marginalization, and increasing conflicts between herders and farmers. The AICCRA project established multi-stakeholders platforms (MSP) at three inland valleys (Finkolo Ganadougou, Blendio, and Loutana) in Mali and strengthened MSP members' capacity in community governance, crop calendar construction, and implementation of nature-based solutions, resulting in enhanced connections between the stakeholders actors, but also better access to input, information and water governance of inland valleys resources.…”
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Interventions for African pastoral development under adverse production trends by International Livestock Centre for Africa

“…The technical interventions include water development breed improvement, grazing blocks,range management, veterinary campaigns, tick control, fodder banks, grazing cells, abattoirs and introduction of camels & goats, and the institutional interventions include group ranches, parasatal ranches, fattening programs, service centres & barefoot veterinairians, herders' associations, mobile extension units, restocking projects, sedentarization, irrigation and water harvesting.…”
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets: CGIAR Portfolio 2017-2022 Program Leaflet by CGIAR System Management Office

“…Landscapes recover as farmers, fishers, herders, and forest dwellers adopt better management regimes and develop new institutions for collaborative governance.…”
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Africa's unique genetic resources - cattle by International Livestock Research Institute

“…The researchers uncovered a treasure trove of genetic traits resulting from centuries of methodical breeding work by traditional pastoralist herders. “It’s important to understand that livestock breeding has long played a vital role in sustaining the health and wealth of African communities,” said ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith. …”
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How climate-induced conflict is shaping rural Nigeria by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David, Mitchell, Harrison

“…As climate change stretches Nigeria’s dry seasons and disrupts traditional grazing patterns, tensions between nomadic herders and settled farmers fuel violent conflict—most intensely just before the planting season. …”
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Livestock pricing in the northern Kenyan rangelands by Barrett, Christopher B., Chabari, F., Bailey, D.V., Little, P.D., Coppock, D. Layne

“…The imposition of quarantines has a sharp negative effect on expected producer prices in the pastoral areas, revealing that Kenya's approach to animal disease control favours wealthier highlands ranchers and consumers at the expense of poorer drylands herders.…”
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Collective action in poverty reduction programs by CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Over half of the hungry people in the world are small-scale farmers, herders, and fishers, who produce food but cannot reliably feed themselves and their families. …”
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Understanding conflicts between nomadic clans in Somalia’s Mudug region by Abdullahi, Said, Takaindisa, Joyce

“…Climate change and variability have intensified the frequency and severity of droughts in Somalia, depleting vital natural resources such as water and pasture that sustain pastoral livelihoods in recent years. As a result, herders have suffered massive livestock deaths, which in turn have eroded household incomes, deepened food insecurity, and forced families into displacement in search of relief. …”
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The spatial integration of livestock markets in Niger by Fafchamps, M., Gavian, S.

“…Livestock makes an important contribution to the livelihood of Sahelian farmers and herders and is a source of self-insurance against income shocks. …”
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LPA Brief no. 13. The spatial integration of livestock markets in Niger by Fafchamps, M., Gavian, S.

“…Livestock make an important contribution to the livelihood of Sahelian farmers and herders, and are a source of insurance against income shocks brought about by weather and economic disruptions. …”
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Understanding pastoralist adaptations to drought via games and choice experiments: Field testing among Borana communities by Bell, Andrew Reid, Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Zhang, Wei, De Petris, Caterina, Kipchumba, Adams, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Importantly, forage residue conservation and private forage enclosures are becoming important practices among herders and non-herders alike. As one part of considering the relevance of these responses in shaping the future trajectory of transhumant pastoralism, we developed a multi-part intervention for measuring and observing preferences in pastoral systems, including a novel experimental game called GreenReserve, and tested it in Borana communities in northern Kenya. …”
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Skogsbrukets hänsyn till rennäringen som riksintresse by Fjellgren Valkeapää, Anja

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Bundling climate information services and climate-smart practices with existing services for livestock farmers in Senegal: conceptual case with smallholder dairy farmers and commer... by Houessionon, Prosper, Ba, Baba, Diallo, Abdoulaye Moussa, Worou, Omonlola Nadine, Chan, Derek, Thiam, Moustapha, Wane, Abdrahmane, Whitbread, Anthony

“…The Laiterie du Berger (LDB) dairy plant in Richard Toll exemplifies this approach by supporting local herders through a combination of milk collection, technical support, and input provision, fostering more efficient dairy production. …”
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Fire Management for Healthy Rangelands in Sub-Sahara Africa by Louhaichi, Mounir, Olesikilal, Birikaa, Hassan, Sawsan

“…While traditional fire use aligns with herders' knowledge for optimal pasture management, recent limitations arise from government policies, erratic rainfall, and population pressures. …”
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