Resultados de búsqueda - "nomad"

An annual agricultural production statistics system for Uganda: Design considerations por Muwanga-Zake, E. S. K.

“…Further, the characteristics of the agricultural systems in Uganda makes data collection more difficult due to mixed crop and livestock farming systems, continuous planting and harvesting, use of non-standard units of measure of output, few farmers recording their production, and nomadic pastoral livestock production in some areas, among others.…”
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Conserved exon 2 but a highly polymorphic 5'-UTR of Tyrosinase gene in Tianzhu White yak (Bos grunniens) por Zhang, H., An, T.W., He, J.W., Luo, Y.Z., Han Jianlin

“…Domestic yak plays a critical role in supporting the livelihoods of nomads in the Central Asian Highlands. Tianzhu White yak is a unique breed developed from a very small number of mutant founders and its white hair has a special niche market value. …”
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Välkommen por Nilsson, Anna

“…The Vilhelmina area was first populated by nomads coming from the west following the melting ice cap. …”
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Delivery of animal health services in extensive livestock systems in Kenya por Kiara, Henry K., Munene, Ambrose, Omondi, Immaculate A., Wako, Diba Dida, Takal, S.O., Bett, Bernard K., Wamwere-Njoroge, George J.

“…The constraint to access is due to biophysical, social and economic factors such as vast yet sparsely populated areas, the transhumant/nomadic nature of livestock keeping, poor infrastructure leading to high delivery costs, few technical personnel willing to work in the generally hostile and often insecure pastoral environments, a lack of support structures including credit and markets and high levels of poverty. …”
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Hunting territories and land use overlap in sedentarised Baka Pygmy communities in southeastern Cameroon por Fa, J.E., Brull, G.R., Martín, E.Á., Okale, R., Fouda, F., Farfán, M.A., Cain, B., Fisher, R., Coad, L.M., Funk, S.M.

“…A significant number of Baka Pygmies in Cameroon have been sedentarised in roadside villages, in contrast to their nomadic hunter-gatherer existence of the past. Although this change in lifestyle has had important consequences on health, most Baka villages still supplement their diets from forest products, especially wild meat. …”
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Risk mapping of rinderpest sero-prevalence in central and southern Somalia based on spatial and network risk factors por Ortíz Pelaez, A., Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Tempia, S., Otieno, Fredrick T., Aden, H.H., Costagli, Riccardo

“…The methodology applied here, involving spatial and network parameters, could also be applied to other diseases and/or species as part of a standardized approach for the design of risk-based surveillance activities in nomadic pastoral settings.…”
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EPAS1 gain-of-function mutation contributes to high altitude adaptation in Tibetan horses por Xuexue Liu, Yanli Zhang, Yefang Li, Jianfei Pan, Dandan Wang, Weihuang Chen, Zhuqing Zheng, Xiaohong He, Qianjun Zhao, Yabin Pu, Weijun Guan, Han Jianlin, Orlando, Ludovic, Yuehui Ma, Lin Jiang

“…We find that Tibetan horses do not descend from Przewalski’s horses but were most likely introduced from a distinct horse lineage, following the emergence of pastoral nomadism in Northwestern China ∼3,700 years ago. We identify that the endothelial PAS domain protein 1 gene (EPAS1, also HIF2A) shows the strongest signature for positive selection in the Tibetan horse genome. …”
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Anthrax hotspot mapping in Kenya support establishing a sustainable two-phase elimination program targeting less than 6% of the country landmass por Gachohi, J., Bett, Bernard K., Otieno, Fredrick, Mogoa, E., Njoki, P., Muturi, Mathew, Mwatondo, Athman, Osoro, E., Ngere, I., Dawa, J., Nasimiyu, C., Oyas, H., Njagi, O., Canfield, S., Blackburn, J., Njenga, K.

“…The rest of the 407 administrative wards covering 81.5% of the country landmass, were classified as low anthrax risk areas and consisted of the expansive low agricultural arid and semi-arid regions of the country that hosted 70% of the cattle population, reared under the nomadic pastoralism. Modelling targeted annual vaccination of 90% cattle population in hotspot administrative wards reduced > 23,000 human exposures. …”
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A Regional Perspective of Socio-Ecological Predictors for Fruit and Nut Tree Varietal Diversity Maintained by Farmer Communities in Central Asia por Turdieva, Muhabbat, Bernis-Fonteneau, Agnès, Esenalieva, Maira, Kayimov, Abdihalil, Saparmyradov, Ashirmuhammed, Safaraliev, Khursandi, Shalpykov, Kairkul, Colangelo, Paolo, Jarvis, Devra

“…Ethno-linguistic groups also have an effect on the level of varietal diversity used, related to both historic nomadic practices and a culture of harvesting wild fruit and nuts in mountainous areas. …”
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Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani communities: An analysis of current practice and potential por Sher, Hassan, Aldosari, Ali, Ali, Ahmad, de Boer, Hugo J.

“…Gathering is mostly done by women and children of nomadic Middle Hill tribes who earn supplementary income through this activity, with the plants then brought into the market by collectors who are usually local farmers. …”
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Innovations in insuring the poor: Index-based livestock insurance in Mongolia por Mahul, Olivier, Belete, Nathan, Goodland, Andrew

“…The Mongolian rural economy is based on livestock reared by semi-nomadic herders. Agriculture contributes around 20 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and herding accounts for more than 80 percent of agriculture. …”
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Impact of Community-based Rangeland Management (CBRM) and Livestock Marketing Interventions on Adaptive Capacity, Food and Nutrition Security, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Exten... por Odhong, Charles, Van Djik, Suzanne, Wahome, Raphael, Chepkorir, Vicky, Kihara, Francis, Kamadi, Victor, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…This low-input system relies on natural or semi-natural vegetation in rangelands, where pastoralists—whether transhumant or nomadic—derive over half their income from livestock and livestock products. …”
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Observations on the efficiency of using different cashmere combs por Ansari-Renani, Hamid R., Mueller, Joaquin Pablo, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Seyed Momend, S.M., Ehsani, M., Moradi, Sepehr

“…The effect of using small or large cashmere combs on cashmere harvest, cashmere quality and combing time was studied on Raeini cashmere goats in nomadic goat breeding systems of the Iranian province of Kerman. …”
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Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa por Tall, Arame, Kaur, Harneet, Hansen, James, Halperin, Mea

“…In Longido, an area mainly populated by nomadic pastoralists, 42% of female- headed households received forecasts versus 25% of male-headed households. …”
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Migrationsbeteende hos afrikansk elefant (Loxodonta africana) i naturskyddsområdet Ol Pejeta por Björkdahl, Linnea

“…Some groups do not migrate at all, some migrate to the same place annually, and some are completely nomadic and are constantly on the move. Recent reports have shown that elephants don’t migrate equal distances as they used to, which could be a direct consequence of increased human activity in the elephant habitat. …”
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La Comunidad Rodantera en el turismo de naturaleza por Walter, Pablo, Brembati, Luiz Ernesto

“…Estos utilizan vehículos recreativos que recorren, en forma nómade, trayectos rurales y no rurales. Estos vehículos tienen un espacio de alojamiento que puede usarse durante días, meses o años. …”
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Understanding pastoralist adaptations to drought via games and choice experiments: Field testing among Borana communities por Bell, Andrew Reid, Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Zhang, Wei, De Petris, Caterina, Kipchumba, Adams, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Transhumant and nomadic pastoralism in arid and semi-arid spaces from West through Central, East, and Southern Africa is regarded as critical to regional system resilience and food security. …”
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Effects of supplementation of desert grass (hummra) on its utilization by Sudan Desert sheep and Desert goats por Mustafa, E.E.

“…In the Sudan hummra is characteristic of the grass dominant in the pasture and as the bulk of animal population in the Sudan is in the hands of nomads, livestock depend entirely on these grasses, which are low in nitrogen content and are presumably inadequate for meeting the growth requirements of these animals. …”
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Utforskande teckning por Olsson, Helena

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Assessment of nematode parasitism and clinical parameters in goats and sheep in Mongolia por Ek Terlecki, Frida

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