Search Results - "pastor"

Major Livestock Routes in Kenya by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Developed in partnership with the Government of Kenya and the IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development.…”
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New horizons for nomads by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Living with uncertainty: new directions for pastoral development in Africa. I Scones (ed), IT Publications. 1995. 214 pp. …”
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A National Land Policy Review in Kenya: Rangelands and Pastoralists' Perspective by Otieno, Ken P.

“…This land policy review was supported by the CGIAR Research Initiative Livestock and Climate and the project Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC). …”
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Heat, rain and livestock: Impacts of climate change on Africa’s livestock herders by International Livestock Research Institute

“…How can scientific research help remote pastoral communities? Among the poorest of the world’s poor, herders supply milk and meat not only for themselves but for large numbers of other poor people. …”
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A model of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia transmission dynamics in East Africa by Mariner, Jeffrey C., McDermott, John J., Heesterbeek, J.A.P., Thomson, G., Martin, S.W.

“…This paper describes the development of a homogeneous, stochastic, compartmental model for CBPP transmission in pastoral herds of East Africa. The model was built using parameter estimates based on data published in the literature and on observations of livestock owners obtained through participatory research. …”
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Gudali cattle of West and Central Africa by Tawah, C.L., Rege, J.E.O.

“…Under the prevailing circumstances in the pastoral systems, natural selection is the primary force affecting any circumstances in the pastoral systems, natural selection is the primary force affecting any genetic change and, as a result, animals tend to perform relatively poorly. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient management in East African livestock systems by Leitner, Sonja

“…Lecture on GHG emissions and nutrient cycling in mixed crop-livestock and pastoral systems in East Africa, held at the University of Hohenheim as part of the Lecture series on "Livestock Systems and Development…”
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Livestock production in central Mali: Reproductive components in traditionally managed sheep and goats by Wilson, R.T., Durkin, J.W.

“…Presents results of a six year study conducted to determine the main reproductive parameters of traditionally managed sheep and goats in agro-pastoral systems near Niono-Mali.…”
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The status of ponds in the western SORDU project area by Cossins, N.J.

“…Discusses the construction & utilisation of ponds in the Borana system of pastoral production in Sidamo, Ethiopia, with particular reference to pond size, selection of site, usability status, and organisation of ownership & maintenance.…”
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Des problèmes de change by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Lawson, du CAAK (Centre d'application agro-pastoral de Kovié), Lomé, Togo, nous fait part de sa frustration…”
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Effect of upper catchment management and water cover plants on quantity and quality of water in reservoirs and their implications on livestock water productivity by Zziwa, Emmanuel

“…Although the amount of rainfall in the pastoral communities of Uganda greatly contributes to the quantity of water available in reservoirs to sustain livestock and human needs through dry seasons, other factors such as evaporation, sedimentation and degradation of water quality may critically reduce the availability of water in pastoral communities. …”
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Grain yields of maize and the nitrogen contribution following Stylosanthes pasture in the Nigerian subhumid zone by Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Otsyina, R.M.

“…Discusses the implications for the development of traditional agro-pastoral production systems.…”
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USAID invests USD$30 million in scaling up of Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in Ethiopia by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…USAID is investing USD$30 million in scaling up PRM through its Resilience in Pastoral Areas project.…”
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Somali public-private partnership approach: Experience sharing by Yusuf, A.

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Dissemination workshop report on livestock movement routes and resources maps in the southern Oromia and Somali regions, Ethiopia by Berhanu, Dagim

“…Livestock route and related resources mapping, understanding their status and better protection of the routes in the pastoral areas are the first steps towards developing the areas. …”
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Action research restoration trials, Baringo County, Kenya by Ng'ang'a, Irene N., Flintan, Fiona E., Sircely, Jason A.

“…A report of restoration trials being conducted by ILRI to assess the viability and impacts of short-resting and use of exclosures in pastoral communities implementing partictipatory rangeland management (PRM) in Baringo County, Kenya…”
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Les femmes dans les conflits entre agriculteurs et éleveurs – études de cas du Soudan et du Nigeria by Flintan, Fiona E., Nassef, Magda, Sulieman, Hussein M., Momale, Saleh

“…A presentation on women in farmer-herder conflicts - case studies from Sudan and Nigeria, made at a regional roundtable at the Colloquim on (Agro)Pastoralism, Senegal, 12-14th November, 2024.…”
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PENHA by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Hom of Africa (PENHA) was set up by a group of researchers and development workers from the Hom of Africa and became formally established in 1989. …”
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The handbook for hay-making by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…For small-scale farming and pastoral conditions FAO Plant Production and Protection Series, # 29, 2000. 318 pp. …”
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STREAM DlVERSION IN THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…They grow cereals, principally finger millet and sorghum, and combine this with pastoralism, the women cultivating the crops and the men herding the...…”
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