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Relative resistance of Menz and Washera sheep breeds to artificial infection with Haemonchus contortus in the highlands of Ethiopia
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative resistance of Menz and Washera sheep breeds to artificial infection with Haemonchus contortus. The challenge trial was conducted at the Debre Berhan Agricultural Research ...
Importance of Livestock Routes for Local, National and Regional Development: Their Mapping, Serving & Protection
On Tuesday 8th September a meeting was held on the “Importance of Livestock Routes
for Local, National and International Development: Their Mapping Servicing and
Protection.”The meeting was organised through the Rangeland ...
Participatory Epidemiology and Gender training report
A five days training focusing on participatory epidemiology and gender was organized in the ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa from 15-19 June 2015. The training brought together participants from the Livestock and Fish as well as ...
Index-based insurance: Lottery ticket or insurance?
Environmental shocks are drivers of poverty as well as a
fact of life in many rural areas of the developing world. In
the developed world, agricultural insurance provides some
protection from such calamities. But conventional ...
The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya
The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product
leverages the strong correlation between a remotely
sensed vegetation index and livestock losses associated
with forage shortages to offer insurance coverage to
pastoralists ...
Making Ragelands Secure
INDEX
2.0 RECENT EVENTS
4.0 PASTORALISTS DO PLAN!
EXPERIENCES OF MURSI LAND USE
PLANNING, SOUTH OMO ETHIOPIA
5.0 PROGRESS OF THE COMMUNITY
LAND BILL, KENYA
6.0 DEVELOPING SILVOPASTORAL
SYSTEMS FOR MORE SECURE ACCESS
TO ...
Development process resilience and sustainable development: Insights from the Drylands of Eastern Africa
Recently, the development and humanitarian relief communities have directed their attention to building
resilience to droughts and other shocks and stresses. Using resilience as a framework for planning
investments in ...
Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists
Pastoralist households across East Africa face major livestock losses during drought periods that can cause persistent
poverty. For Kenya and southern Ethiopia, an existing index insurance scheme aims to reduce the ...
On-farm phenotypic characterization of Mursi cattle in its production environment in South Omo Zone, Southwest Ethiopia
This study was conducted to characterize the morphological peculiarities and performance characteristics of Mursi cattle in its production
environment managed by Bodi and Mursi pastoral communities in Southern Ethiopia. A ...
Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists
Pastoralist households across East Africa face major livestock losses during drought periods that can cause persistent poverty. For Kenya and southern Ethiopia, an existing index insurance scheme aims to reduce the ...