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Community gender profiles help target small ruminant value chain interventions in Ethiopia
The design of research and development interventions in Ethiopia has long been hampered by a lack of gender disaggregated data. Working to overcome these data shortages, a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise was ...
Improving Feed for Increasing Smallholders Income
The livestock sector presents an important agricultural activity in Tunisia, generating a significant additional income particularly for smallholder farmers and livestock owners with little or no land. Livestock husbandry ...
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 ...
Advancing the gender agenda in small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia
A recent gender capacity assessment study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) revealed that low or lack of gender ...
Community-based sheep breeding in Ethiopia: Attractive approach to low input systems
In developing countries and low input production systems, livestock keepers have limited access to improved breeding stock; the cost involved to acquire improved stock is very high; and the availability of the appropriate ...
Would Market Sheds Improve Market Participation and Earnings of Small Ruminant Keepers?
Livestock in general and small ruminant in particular play crucial role in the livelihoods of rural communities of Ethiopia. a)It contributes a lot to the GDP and Export earning of the country.
b) Despite the its pronounced ...
GnRH and prostaglandin-based synchronization protocols as alternatives to progestogen-based treatments in sheep
The study investigated, for cycling sheep, synchronizing protocols simultaneously to the standard “P” protocol using progestogens priming with intravaginal devices and gonadotropin. In November 2014, 90 adult Menz ewes ...
Alternative Breeding Scenarios for Abergelle Goat Breed Suited to Arid Climate in Ethiopia
The economic significance of goats in Ethiopia include small initial investment requirement, high survival rate during drought conditions, higher off-take and complementary feeding habit (ESGPP, 2009). These invite improving ...
Systematic review and meta-analysis of metacestodes prevalence in small ruminants in Ethiopia
Metacestodes, the larval stages of canid cestode parasites, are among the causes of morbidity, mortality and financial losses in small ruminants in Ethiopia as a result of organ and carcass condemnation at slaughter. Several ...
Willingness to pay for livestock market facilities in Central and Northern Ethiopia: Application of Choice experiment with a nudge
Presentation on : Willingness to pay for livestock market facilities in Central and Northern Ethiopia: Application of Choice experiment with a nudge.