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Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Program Framework 2012 - 2016
The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-for-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as ...
Mt. Marsabit, Kenya: an Assessment of the Governance System
It is been observed that local level commons “are embedded in a multi-level world” in which resource boundaries and social boundaries rarely coincide. Resources under common property tenure exist side by side with resources ...
The development of baseline datasets, indicator selection and analytics to assess the impact of investment for IGAD member states
The activities detailed in this report form part of the work necessary to provide
a foundation upon which to develop these tools. In addition to providing the
IGAD member states with baseline datasets and appropriate ...
The current state on characterisation of indigenous breeds of sheep and goats in Ethiopia
From the beginning of domestication, the transportation of domestic animals resulted in genetic and demographic processes that explain their present-day global distribution, genetic diversity and structure. Animal genetic ...
Report of the third meeting of the imGoats Mozambique National Steering Committee, Vilanculos, Mozambique, 26-28 August 2012
The goal of the “Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats)” project is to increase incomes and food security in a sustainable ...
The application of decision analysis modelling for investment targeting
In June of 2013, the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience in the Horn of Africa (TC) hosted a three-day workshop to convene key experts. The purpose of this meeting was to further examine the potential for application ...
Assessment of existing and potential feed resources to improve livestock productivity in the dryland areas of Burkina Faso
Evaluation of existing and potential feed resources was conducted in Orodora district in the Southern region of
Burkina Faso using Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST). The assessment was carried out through focus group discussions
and ...
Sheep fattening with locally available feed resources in Fakara, Niger
In West African Sahel, livestock form one of the main livelihood strategies of the rural
population playing a cardinal role in food security and income generation (Hiernaux and
Ayantunde, 2004). In 2014, the livestock ...
Preliminary review of datasets to inform the development of IGAD member state baselines
The activities detailed in this report form part of the work necessary to provide a foundation upon which to develop these tools. The TC aims to provide the IGAD member states with baseline datasets and appropriate ...
Characterization for index based livestock insurance
Pastoral populations of subSaharan
Africa are particularly vulnerable to losses in wealth and productive assets via herdmortality shocks.
Although conventional insurance mechanisms covering individual losses are not cost ...