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Assessing Effectiveness of Community Conversations and Communities of Practices in empowering communities in Doyogena, Menz, and Bonga
Participatory engagement of communities is key to establish clearer understanding of existing challenges, collectively identify plausible solutions, and to ensure sustainable adoption of innovative technologies and practices. ...
Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South
Livestock have strong empowerment potential, particularly for women. They offer millions
of women in the Global South the opportunity to provide protein-rich foods for home consumption
and sale. Livestock provide women ...
Reproductive performance and productivity of local and Dorper x local crossbred ewes under community-based management system, Ethiopia
This study evaluated the reproductive and productivity of local and Dorper crossbred ewes in a community-based management system. We analyzed data collected from 2013 to 2021, taking into account different factors such as ...
Effect of processed sweet lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) grain supplementation on growth performance and socioeconomic feasibility of Doyogena sheep in Ethiopia
Background
The experiment evaluated the effect of supplementing sheep fed natural pasture hay with processed sweet lupin grain on growth performance and its economic feasibility. The finding revealed that use of steamed ...
Optimizing breeding structures and related management in community-based goat breeding programs in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia
The study simulated different potential breeding programs to design the optimal breeding structure and operational management structure for Borana goat. It evaluated different scenarios using ZPLAN+ software to maximize ...
Effect of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on the accuracy of genetic evaluation in crossbred goats
The effects of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on genetic variance, heritability, inbreeding coefficient, estimated breeding value, the accuracy of breeding value and the genetic trend were evaluated. ...
Report on small-scale mechanization opportunities for feed and forage production in Mali
The report shows the results of this 2-week survey, including feed processing machines available in Mali (imported and manufactured) and farmer organizations and innovation platforms involved in feed business
The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers
The African Goat Improvement Network (AGIN) is a collaborative group of scientists focused on genetic improvement of goats in small holder communities across the African continent. The group emerged from a series of workshops ...
Fire Management for Healthy Rangelands in Sub-Sahara Africa
This comprehensive review explores the historical and cultural significance of fire management in Sub-Sahara Africa's rangelands, emphasizing its integral role in socio-cultural practices and livelihoods. While traditional ...
Production, marketing, and consumption of small ruminants in Mali
This report contains information about Mali's agricultural sector, and breeds of small ruminants in Mali, reproduction system, production parameters of small ruminants in traditional system, constraints to the production ...