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Characterization of mohair and cashmere in regions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
tTo generate information on animal fiber quality traits in Central Asia, as a prelude to geneticimprovement, fiber samples of 495 cashmere goats from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and448 mohair goats from these two countries ...
Community Action in Integrated and Market Oriented Feed-Livestock Production in Central and South Asia Project
The Programme goal is to improve the livelihoods of rural communities in Central and South Asia.
The Programme purpose is to develop and promote community-based actions to support productive and sustainable livestock ...
Drylands System East & Southern Africa - East Shewa Transect Diversification into Goat Production: A Training and Consultative Workshop
The blog describes a training and consultation workshop for Adami Tullu Researchers encompassing breeders, animal nutritionists and socio-economists organized by ICARDA on 14-15 December 2015 in Addis Ababa. The purpose ...
Community Action in Integrated and Market Oriented Feed-Livestock Production in Central and South Asia Project: Value added local processing of goat fibers by women and assessing the characteristics of naturally colored mohair and the potentials for its marketing”. Report No. 4
The activity 16 “Value added local processing of goat fibers by women and assessing the
characteristics of naturally colored mohair and the potentials for its marketing”
collaborates with Angora goat producers and women’s ...
Characterization of Goat Population and Breeding Practice of Goat Owners in Gummara-Maksegnit Watershed-North Gondar, Ethiopia
The intentions of this study was characterizing the goat population of Gumara-Maksegnit watershed area by defining the breeding practices of the goat owners in the area, as well as based on physical appearance traits and ...
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 ...
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 ...