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How to Spend Your Weekend – With Nematodes
An amusing add directed to American livestock farmers that has appeared in several agriculture and livestock magazines – Nematodes are one of the biggest problems not only in the States, but globally. The increasing over-use and inappropriate use of anthelmintics , … Continue reading
Posted in Global, Goat farmer, Goats, Livestock, Living here
Tagged Africa, Agriculture, livestock, nematode, Nematodes, Parasites, Steer Wrestler Matt Reeves
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Power, partnership and participation: Nile Basin Development Challenge in summary
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Farmers getting trained on forage management at Kolugelan, Jeldu (Photo credit: ILRI / Aberra Adie) The Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) was one of six challenges comprising the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food…
STATE OF RURAL POULTRY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
Originally posted on Traditional Animal Genetic Resources for Food Security Under Climate Change Influence:
The present era’s Pakistan is cradle of animal domestication. The well known civilizations of Gandhara, Mohan jododo, and Mehergarh are the inimitable examples. The ruins excavated…
Posted in Nomadic lifestyle, Research and Development
Tagged Africa, exotic breeds, Indigenous breeds, livestock
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Friday Funnies: Lessons in Resistance & Resilience of Plants, Animals & People
Many plants are able to protect themselves from attack (being eaten) in different ways. However, through domestication and/or use of pesticides and other protectors, plants may loose their natural defenses – their resistance and resilience – as these protective traits … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, FAMACHA, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, Livestock, Living here, Plant Genetic resources, Research and Development
Tagged Africa, Agriculture, Ankole, ankole cattle, Ankole-Watusi, Biodiversity, Burundi, Cattle, Central Africa, Crossbreed, Genetics, Goat, Kenya, livestock, morbidity and mortality, Northern Hemisphere, Open Access, Plant, Principal Investigator, Social science, University of Pretoria
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Livestock Restocking in Burundi: More Complicated than ‘The Gift of a Goat’
Livestock – particularly goats – play a key role in smallholders’ agricultural activities in Burundi. They are a ‘savings-bank on the hoof’, thus can be sold in case of emergency for cash. Their manure and urine provide excellent inputs for … Continue reading
Animal Care and Health in the Tropics
Maxie is the newest addition to our animals – a really beautiful dog and, although only about 3 months old, is already a good watch dog. However, yesterday he fell quite ill – there are so many illnesses here in the tropics … Continue reading
Life and Livestock in the Arid Areas of Somiland, 1850’s (via Dianabuja’s Blog)
Another reposting of a blog about the Horn of Africa. The area has always been very marginal and it seems that today’s Experts who are working on the problems in the Horn would benefit by dipping into its history. When Burton and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, africa-east, breeds-of-livestock, burton-and-speke, colonialism, Drought, Ethiopia, explorers-exploration, fat-tailed-sheep, food, Horn of Africa, John Hanning Speke, Kenya, livestock, pastoralism, somali, Somali people, somalia, Somaliland, swahili-coast
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