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Evaluation of mohair quality in Angora goats from the Northern dry lands of Tajikistan
Mohair quality of Angora goats in the Sogd Province of Tajikistan was assessed in spring
and autumn 2007 and 2008 by inspecting and sampling a total of 797 goats of both sexes,
different ages and several coat colors from ...
Field testing of the tool for rapid assessment of small ruminant value chains in Soghd Province, Tajikistan
This is a short report that explains how the tool for rapid value chain assessment (RVCA) was field-tested. Once the RVCA report from Tajikistan has been uploaded we shall convert this into a blog.
Do Texas Angora bucks improve mohair weight and quality traits of Tajik Angora goats?
With the main objective of improving Tajik mohair quantity and quality, frozen semen from eight top
performance tested Texan Angora bucks was imported and used on 459 selected local goats from 11
farmers in two insemination ...
Оценка цепочки добавленной стоимости в производстве продукции мелкого рогатого скота в Таджикистане и Узбекистане
The file contains guidelines for conducting a rapid value chain assessment for sheep and goat meat value chains and the checklists for focus group discussions with sheep and goat producers and for key informant interviews ...
Observations on the efficiency of using different cashmere combs
tThe effect of using small or large cashmere combs on cashmere harvest, cashmere qualityand combing time was studied on Raeini cashmere goats in nomadic goat breeding systemsof the Iranian province of Kerman. Two groups ...
Improvement of cashmere from nomadic Raeini goat
Improvement of cashmere from nomadic Raeini goat explained.
Socioeconomic Training Workshop on Methodology for Livelihoods and Market Analysis and Assessment of the Biophysical Technologies: Introduction to the Workshop
Introduction to the Socioeconomic Training Workshop on Methodology for Livelihoods and Market Analysis and Assessment of the Biophysical Technologies.
3rd Coordination and Project Closing Meeting (CPCM) Final Agenda
3rd Coordination and Project Closing Meeting (CPCM) Final Agenda- “Integrated Crop-Livestock Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-based Systems in North Africa and Central Asia” project
Breeding programmes for smallholder sheep farming systems: II. Optimization of cooperative village breeding schemes
A simulation study was conducted to optimize a cooperative village-based
sheep breeding scheme for Menz sheep of Ethiopia. Genetic gains and
profits were estimated under nine levels of farmers’ participation and
three ...
Breeding programs for smallholder sheep farming systems: I. Evaluation of alternative designs of breeding schemes
Village- and central nucleus-based schemes were simulated and evaluated
for their relative bio-economic efficiencies, using Ethiopia’s Menz sheep as
example. The schemes were: village-based 2-tier (Scheme-1) and 1-tier
(Scheme-2) ...