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Cashmere quality of Raeini goats kept by nomads in Iran
The income of the nomads in Kerman Province depends mainly on Raeini goats that produce meat, milk and cashmere. This paper assesses the cashmere quality and its variation in Raeini herds to determine the scope for ...
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.
Assessment of different supplemental feeding strategies including cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) to enhance sheep productivity in Chakwal, Pakistan
Proceeding paper on Assessment of different supplemental feeding strategies including cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) to enhance sheep productivity in Chakwal, Pakistan:
In arid and semiarid areas, livestock production ...
Improving Livelihoods of Smallholders and Rural Women through Value-Added Processing and Export of Cashmere, Wool and Mohair Project: Highlights and Challenges across sites
Improving Livelihoods of Smallholders and Rural Women through Value-Added Processing and Export of Cashmere, Wool and Mohair Project: Highlights and Challenges across sites.
Impact of grazing on soil, vegetation and ewe production performances in a semi-arid rangeland
Controlled grazing is considered a good management strategy to maintain or increase the live weight of livestock and to reduce vegetation degradation of rangelands. The present study investigated soil characteristics, ...
Gender Roles in Agriculture: The Case of Afghanistan
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring
gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender
roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully
understood. ...
Improving and managing rangeland systems resilience for delivering food and feed, biodiversity conservation with local communities and market linkages for livestock and dryland products
Improving and managing rangeland systems resilience for delivering food and feed in low rainfall areas, in a climate crisis, as well as land degradation neutrality and biodiversity conservation with local communities and ...
The shift from pastoral to agro-pastoral livelihood: current challenges and future research priorities
Nomadic pastoralism is a precarious lifestyle and a significant form of land use involving some form of mobility within extensive rangeland areas (WISP, 2007). Pastoralism provides 10% of the world’s meat production and ...
Assessment of different supplemental feeding strategies including cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) for higher sheep productivity in Chakwal, Pakistan
Small ruminant production remains the main source of income of rural population living in arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan. Sheep and goats raised in these areas are generally confronted with severe nutritional ...