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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 ...
Improving market participation and competiveness of communal area beef farmers in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province through better feeding and value chain initiatives
The Specific objectives of the ZimCLIFS
Project have been a) to increase the productivity of SH croplivestock households by identifying and
adapting appropriate technologies and
associated management practices,
b) to improve ...
Drylands and Mission Critical Research Areas for the CGIAR. A report to the CGIAR Fund Council from the Dryland Systems Task Force.
Drylands occupy 41% of global land surface and are inhabited by more than 2.5 billion people,
living mainly in developing countries with about 16% living in chronic poverty. Shockingly 42% of
children less than 5 years of ...
Landscape management and governance, Il Ngwesi Group Ranch-Laikipia, Kenya
The International livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has commissioned a set of case studies
as part of efforts to develop deeper understanding of NRM management in Africa’s drylands
and contribute to a typology of ...
The multi-functionality of goats in rural Mozambique: Contributions to food security and household risk mitigation
It is widely acknowledged that goats in developing countries fulfill multiple functions and can contribute to improved
livelihoods of smallholders. The multi-functionality of goats in rural Mozambique however is fairly ...
Guia prática para a implementação de plataformas de inovação no sector pecuário
O “Projecto de Desenvolvimento de Cadeias de Valor nos corredores de Maputo e Limpopo” (PROSUL)é um projecto do
Governo de Moçambique, formulado com apoio do Fundo Internacional para o Desenvolvimento da Agricultura (FIDA). ...
Learning Large-Scale Dynamic Discrete Choice Models of Spatio-Temporal Preferences with Application to Migratory Pastoralism in East Africa
Understanding spatio-temporal resource preferences is
paramount in the design of policies for sustainable development. Unfortunately, resource preferences are often unknown to policy-makers and have to be inferred
from ...
The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legumebased diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
The main objective of this study is to
determine the
effect of replacing
commercial diets with
forage legume diets on
VFI, milk yield, quality and
economic returns.