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Valuation of Goat Traits in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Livelihood Systems in Southern Ethiopia
Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists depend heavily on their livestock. The animals serve as source of food, cash income, inputs for crop production, security, store of value, and social recognition. Ethiopia is endowed with ...
Communal pasture areas: Labour issues
Presentation on the labour issues in communal pasture areas.
Feeding Trial: Goat
In Afghanistan, goats are an essential element in the mixed crop-livestock farming under irrigated and rainfed production systems and the livelihoods of rural communities with a total number of 7.3 million goats that ...
WOCAT SLM Technology: “Small-Scale Nutrient-Dense Pellet Production [Tunisia]”
Compressing agro-industrial by products into nutrient dense livestock feed pellets is a worthwhile innovation to compete with expensive and imported feed pellets. This innovation consists of a small-scale compressor ...
Reproductive Platform to Support and Scale Goat Breeding Programs: Ethiopia and Tanzania
Report on Reproductive Platform to Support and Scale Goat Breeding Programs: Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Animal Nutrition and Product Quality Laboratory Manual
Animal nutrition is an important factor limiting livestock productivity, and feed costs are considered as the main constraint to raising income from small–scale ruminant production in dry areas. ICARDA’s livestock scientists ...
Improving food security, nutrition and incomes: the contribution of small stock
Despite years of work, the development indicators relating to subSaharan
Africa (SSA) often disappoint. For example, the highest
incidence of undernourishment in the world occurs in SSA where one out of every three people ...
Tunisia-USDA-ICARDA Collaboration Annual Report 2004
This annual report presents the main achievements of the USDA-Tunisia-ICARDA collaboration during the cropping season 2003-2004. The tripartite collaboration between Tunisia NARIS, USDA, and ICARDA is highly appreciated. ...
Local knowledge in processing dairy goat products in Sogd Province, Tajikistan: main constraints and recommendations
The report describes local knowledge and practices in milking and dairy processing in three communities in Fergana valley in Tajikistan. It analyzes reported and observed problems in hygiene and product quality and presents ...
Animal milking and milk hygiene in East Africa
This booklet provides guidance for milk producers to ensure they produce quality milk products that are safe and hygienic. The issues covered include: the characteristics of good milk, sources of milk contamination, milk ...