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Role of GPS in monitoring livestock migration
Satellite-based technique of global positioning systems (GPS) is useful for tracking long-distance livestock movement across the grazing routes md to study the specific needs of livestock herders. There are two kinds of ...
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services
Training on NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services.
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services
A key component of this project is the capacity development of all concerned stakeholders. In particular agro-pastoral communities with emphasis on woman. Research activity is developed with community involvement to insure ...
Field Day report on Promoting spineless cactus as drought resilient feed resource in (India , Jhansi)
A report on a Field day held under the "Promoting cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as drought resilient feed resource under different agro-ecological production systems across India. Project 3: sub project 2" in India.
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable grass forage species: Birdwood grass (Cenchrus setigerus): A resilient, drought-tolerant perennial grass for pastures in hot, dry areas
Cenchrus setigerus, commonly known as Birdwood grass, is one of the most drought-tolerant perennial grasses. Native to East Africa and Western Asia between latitudes 30⁰N and 30⁰S, this grass occurs naturally in areas with ...
Pastoral Land Use and Grazing Measurement through Remotely Sensed Data
About 60 percent of the world's pasture land (about 2.2 million sq km), just less than half the world's usable surface is covered by grazing systems. These are distributed between arid, semi arid and sub humid, humid, ...
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services II
This is a list of participants for the training with their sign in. There were 55 male and 53 female participants.
Improving a Transhumance Livestock System of India with Modern Technologies
Traditional livestock rearing systems in grasslands evolved in response to social, climatic, vegetative and technological conditions that existed scores, hundreds, or in some cases thousands of years ago. Many of these ...
Adoption and Utilization of Cactus Pear in South Asia—Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions
Livestock production in arid and semi-arid regions is facing the challenges of low and erratic rainfall, poor nutrient soils, and high temperatures, which all contribute to inadequate forage production to support livestock. ...
Livestock Migration in the Arid Region of Rajasthan (India) - Strategy to Cope with Fodder and Water Scarcity -
Livestock rearing is an important pathway out of poverty for both pastoralist communities and mixed crop-livestock
fanners in drylands. Pastoral cnt.ecprises make an important contribution to the state, as well as to the ...