Resultados de búsqueda - "pastor"

Ex-ante impact of peste des petits ruminants control on micro and macro socioeconomic indicators in Senegal: A system dynamics modelling approach por Aboah, Joshua, Apolloni, A., Duboz, R., Wieland, Barbara, Kotchofa, Pacem, Okoth, Edward A., Dione, Michel M.

“…The model was parameterised with data from household surveys from pastoral areas in Northern Senegal and relevant existing data. …”
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Mechanisms behind high N2O emissions from livestock enclosures in Kenya revealed by dual-isotope and functional gene analyses por Xiantao Fang, Harris, S.J., Leitner, Sonja, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Conz, R.F., Merbold, Lutz, Dannenmann, M., Oyugi, A., Shuwei Liu, Jianwen Zou, Six, Johan, Barthel, M.

“…In the arid and semi-arid lands of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), extensive pastoral grazing systems are common, with cattle grazing in the savanna during the day and kept in enclosures (called bomas in Kenya) during the night. …”
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The nexus between climate change, mobility, and conflict in Somalia por Abdullahi, Said, Singh, Radhika, Takaindisa, Joyce, Giacomelli, Camilla, Sax, Niklas, Carneiro, Bia, Pacillo, Grazia

“…Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and droughts have disrupted pastoral and agricultural livelihoods, driving migration from rural areas and leading to one of the highest urbanization rates in the region. …”
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Kenya adaptation to climate change in the arid lands: anticipating, adapting to and coping with climate risks in Kenya - operational recommendations for KACCAL por Mude, Andrew G., Ouma, R., Steeg, Jeannette van de, Kaiuki, J., Opiyo, D., Tipilda, A.

“…About 80% of Kenya is arid or semi-arid and the main livelihood activities in these areas are pastoral, agropastoral and subsistence agriculture. …”
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The Somali chilled meat value chain: Structure, operation, profitability and opportunities to improve the competitiveness of Somalia’s chilled meat export trade por Negassa, A., Baker, Derek, Mugunieri, Lawrence Godiah, Costagli, Riccardo, Wanyoike, Francis N., Abdulle, M.H., Omore, Amos O.

“…Export-oriented pastoral livestock production is an important source of livelihood of the Somali people. …”
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Morphological characterization and breeding system identification of local sheep breeds in Niger por Abdoul Karim, B.A., M'Naouer, D., Ayantunde, Augustine A.

“…The characterization investigations were carried out on 324 Niger sheep; the breed phenotypic characterization for their production field, spread over 4 ethnic regions (Fakara, Sinder, Manga and Zarmaganda) and concerned 5 Niger native sheep breeds among which three meat breeds: the Oudah with two-colored fleece and Bali Bali with fleece are both of big size and raised by Fulani communities in southwest areas; the Tuareg Ara Ara breed is high on leg with average size being used in the north pastoral regions; two wool breads – the Koudoum found on the banks and Kourte` ye islands of Niger River and the Toubou or Hadine breeds in Manga (in the southeast); Besides these breads, there are two breeds introduced for strong butcher capacities – the Balami (native of Nigeria) introduced constantly by shepherds into border areas of Nigeria and the Sudanese (native of Sudan) introduced recently into Manga areas via the Chadian border.…”
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How to establish dialogue between researchers and policymakers for climate change adaptation in Mali: Analysis of challenges, constraints and opportunities por Sogoba, Bougouna, Ba, Allassane, Zougmoré, Robert B., Samaké, Ouodiouma B.

“…Mali is an agro-forestry-pastoral Sahel country whose economy is based mainly on agriculture, a sector which nevertheless depends on climate variability and change. …”
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Sero-epidemiology of Peste des petits ruminants virus infection in Turkana County, Kenya por Kihu, S.M., Gachohi, John M., Ndungu, E.K., Gitao, G.C., Bebora, L.C., Njenga, J.M., Wairire, G.G., Maingi, N., Wahome, R.G., Ireri, R.

“…Conclusions Biological, spatial and socio-ecological factors are hypothesized as possible explanations for variation in PPRV sero-positivity in the Turkana pastoral ecosystem.…”
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Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among ruminants and humans in northeast Kenya por Lindahl, Johanna F., Njeru, I., Karanja, J., Grace, Delia, Bett, Bernard K.

“…In this study, 1117 serum samples were collected from humans in the age 5-90 years old, in the irrigated area, a riverine area, and the close-by district where people are fully depending on pastoralism. Samples were tested with a competitive ELISA detecting both IgM and IgG antibodies. …”
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The effect of participation in a pro-poor dairy development project on milk consumption among reproductive age women in rural Tanzania por Mishkin, K., Raskind, I., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Omore, Amos O., Girard, Webb A.

“…Animal milk is an important contributor to women’s dietary diversity, especially among pastoral communities where access to diverse diets is limited. …”
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Determinacion de frecuencia de politraumatismo oseo (ptos) en mascotas caninas en el hospital animal El Dorado por Rodríguez Garcia, Dennis Eliezer, Fernández Granja, Kester Ali

“…Para lo cual se procedió a establecer los siguientes objetivos: la evaluación de la frecuencia de politraumatismos óseos (PTO) atendidos en la clínica veterinaria El Dorado con diagnostico radiológico, para esto se realizó dicho estudio en un periodo de 3 meses, en el cual se estudiaron expedientes y recopilación de datos, con este estudio de tesis se logró comprobar que la mayor afectación por fracturas la sufren los canes de raza criolla, seguidos por los Pastores Alemanes, así mismo se determinó que el manejo de las mascotas es determinante y predisponente a que una mascota sufra una fractura. …”
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Effects of deferred forage as winter cover on spring growth of the tropical grasses Chloris gayana and Panicum coloratum = Efectos del forraje diferido como cobertura de invierno e... por Imaz, José Augusto, Merani, Víctor, Dos Santos, Daniel Andrés, Benvenutti, Marcelo A., Gimenez, Daniel Oscar, Hernandez, Olegario, Arroquy, Jose Ignacio

“…These results suggest that deferring autumn forage growth and retaining as winter cover may improve survival during winter and productivity during spring of these two tropical grasses in temperate pastoral systems. However, the study needs to be repeated under field conditions and under grazing or cutting over a number of years in different situations to verify these preliminary results.…”
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Continuous observations of CO2 and CH4 exchange from East-African rangelands por Merbold, Lutz, Odongo, Vincent O., Dowling, T., Fava, F., Glücks, I., Vrieling, A., Wooster, M., Leitner, Sonja

“…Due to the soil and climate combination, conventional crop agriculture is rarely feasible without irrigation and mineral fertilizer amendments, which in turn are limited by prohibitively high fertilizer prices and lack of water. Instead, pastoral livestock keeping is a valuable option to use these marginal lands and – under the right management – can be a sustainable form of food production and biodiversity protection given that most of these landscapes have co-evolved with megafauna over millennia. …”
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Nutrition profiles of farm households across different farming systems in Ethiopia: Unpacking the determinants and implications for nutrition-sensitive interventions por Desalegn, B.B., Biazin, B., Amede, T., Low, Jan W.

“…Therefore, this study was undertaken to examine the association of farming system type, sources of income, and household wealth status with household nutrition profiles in three remote locations such as Mennisa, Welmel Tiqa, and Agam Wuha that represent root crops-based farming, maize-based semi-pastoral farming, and teff-based cereal farming systems, respectively. …”
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Systems dynamics and the spatial distribution of methane emissions from African domestic ruminants to 2030 por Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K., Kruska, Russell L., Reid, Robin S.

“…A livestock systems classification framework was used to differentiate pastoral and crop– livestock systems using agro-ecological thresholds based on temperature and length of growing period (hyper-arid, arid, humid and temperate regions), the extent of irrigation and human population densities. …”
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Identification of smallholder farmers and pastoralists’ preferences for sheep breeding traits: choice model approach por Duguma, G., Mirkena, T., Haile, Aynalem, Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Tibbo, Markos, Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Sölkner, Johann, Wurzinger, Maria

“…Results indicate that producers’ trait preferences were heterogeneous except for body size in rams and mothering ability in ewes where nearly homogeneous preferences were investigated. In the pastoral production system, attention was given to coat color of both breeding rams and ewes, favoring brown and white colors over black. …”
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Estudio de la masa forestal del bosque de Pinus oocarpa de Yucul (Nicaragua) atacado por Dendroctonus frontalis por Alonso G, Julio C.

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Evaluación económica de tres alternativas para la comercialización de frijol en tres comunidades de Olancho, Honduras. por Zamora P., Miguel A.

“…En estos talleres participaron técnicos y coordinadores de la ONG Pastoral Social. El desconocimiento de alternativas, las malas condiciones climáticas, la falta de sostenibilidad de los proyectos y la presencia de los intermediarios resultaron ser los mayores problemas que los productores mencionaron. …”
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Gira de captura tecnológica en el rubro de los rumiantes menores (caprinos y ovinos) : conocimientos de sistemas de explotación y tecnologías desarrolladas en Francia y apropiables...

“…En este proyecto participarán quince personas, pertenecientes a empresas agrícola y de servicio, de tres áreas geográficas del país Norte, Centro y Sur, vinculadas a la Asociación de Productores Caprinos IV Región y Universidad de Concepción, y que se motivaron por el desarrollo de las visitas técnicas para conocer a Productores de leche, Centros Genéticos y de Capacitación Técnica, Plantas elaboradoras de Queso, Cooperativas y Particulares, además de conocer y relacionarse con la estructura que organiza, regula y controla a los productores caprinos en Francia y que corresponde a la Alianza Pastoral y que a la vez es la entidad anfitriona.…”
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Positive association between Brucella spp. seroprevalences in livestock and humans from a cross-sectional study in Garissa and Tana River Counties, Kenya por Kairu-Wanyoike, S., Nyamwaya, D., Wainaina, M., Lindahl, Johanna F., Ontiri, E., Bukachi, S., Njeru, I., Karanja, J., Sang, R., Grace, Delia, Bett, Bernard K.

“…In humans, Brucella spp. seroprevalence was significantly higher in older people, males, and people who lived in pastoral areas than younger ones, females or those who lived in irrigated or riverine areas. …”
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