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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 ...
Drylands System East & Southern Africa - East Shewa Transect Diversification into Goat Production: A Training and Consultative Workshop
The blog describes a training and consultation workshop for Adami Tullu Researchers encompassing breeders, animal nutritionists and socio-economists organized by ICARDA on 14-15 December 2015 in Addis Ababa. The purpose ...
On-farm evaluation and demonstration of animal drawn mouldboard and Gavin ploughs
The study reported in this book chapter was undertaken to evaluate technical performance of the mouldboard and Gavin ploughs against the traditional plough; to evaluate the impact of zero-tillage as against 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 ...
Ultrasound diagnosis as low-tech tool for sheep and goat production systems
Productivity and profitability of meat and milk production from small ruminants are geared by reproductive performance. Ultrasound machines may not seem to fit with preconceived ideas for use in extensive, low input systems, ...
Community-based sheep breeding in Ethiopia: Attractive approach to low input systems
In developing countries and low input production systems, livestock keepers have limited access to improved breeding stock; the cost involved to acquire improved stock is very high; and the availability of the appropriate ...
Characterization of Indigenous Goat Populations in Selected Areas of Ethiopia
The objective of this study was to characterize Bati, Borena and Short-eared Somali goat populations kept under traditional management systems. The survey conducted in three locations; namely Bati, Borena and Siti (the ...
CRP Dryland Systems - ILRI - 2015 Technical and Financial Report - Final
From 2012, the development of a cutting-edge econometric response model by the IBLI team at ILRI enabled expansion into new areas by identifying the relationship between the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ...
Characterization of the goat population and breeding practices of goat owners
Due to their naturally endowed physiological adaptation and general lower
husbandry requirements, goats form an integral part of livestock production in
the tropics and subtropics. According to the Ethiopian sheep and goat ...