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Spearheading Development through Empowering Smallholder Farmers along Beef Cattle Value Chains: a Case of Goromonzi and Murehwa Districts, Zimbabwe
Smallholder beef subsector can potentially contribute to the nation’s development. The paper presents the
results of the value chain analysis of the beef sub sector in Zimbabwe. Data was gathered through cross
sectional ...
Landscape management and governance, Garba Tula, Isiolo, Kenya
Communities organize themselves in unique ways into social/functional units based on their cultural aspirations,
threats and resources that they depend on. In many cases, these resources and the ecosystems to which they ...
Velvetbean (Mucuna Pruriens) Production in Southern Africa
Velvet bean is a high yielding leguminous forage crop that is high in nitrogen (N)/crude
protein content. It is usually sown as an N-fixing ley crop or as a green manure crop to
improve soil fertility. In the sub-humid ...
Genome-wide analysis reveals the extent of EAV-HP integration in domestic chicken
Background: EAV-HP is an ancient retrovirus pre-dating Gallus speciation, which continues to circulate in modern
chicken populations, and led to the emergence of avian leukosis virus subgroup J causing significant economic ...
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 ...
Evaluation of Feed Resources in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Mali in West Africa
Livestock are important assets to the rural poor in developing countries but are faced with the major
challenge of marked seasonal feed availability. A study was carried out to assess existing and potential
feed resources ...
Systems Analysis for Rangeland Management Yabello, Ethiopia - November 5-6, 2015 - Workshop Report
The workshop, “System Analysis for Rangeland Management in Yabello”, involved multiple stakeholders analyzing the complex factors that affect rangeland condition and management, and considering implications for planning ...
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 ...
Sustainable intensification in drylands: What resilience and vulnerability can tell us
The challenge to increase food production is greater than ever,
as the world’s population is set to increase to a predicted nine billion
by 2050 (United Nations, 2008), requiring a 70 to 100% increase in
global food ...