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Rehabilitation and Integrated Management of Dry Rangelands Environments with Water Harvesting
The Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region encompasses large areas of arid and semi-arid zones. These zones may be defined as areas where rainfall, relative to the level of evapotranspiration, is inadequate ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable rangeland management practices; Shrub planting: contributing to ecological sustainability while aiming towards livelihood improvement
The degradation of rangelands is induced by overgrazing, over-gathering of firewood, and conversion of the best rangelands into cropping land. Over-exploitation results in negative effects leading to soil erosion and the ...
Gender, livestock rearing, rangeland use, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia
Women’s contributions to rangeland cultivation and management in Tunisia, and the effects of climate change upon women’s livelihoods, are both policy blind spots. Despite women’s growing participation in rangeland management, ...
Balancing livestock production and sustainability of natural resources
Presentation Delivered at the FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation in Rome (Italy) from September 25 to September 27, 2023, this presentation underscores the pivotal role of livestock in supporting ...
Multi-locus genotyping reveals absence of genetic structure in field populations of the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) in Kenya
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is an important tick vector of several pathogens and parasitizes domestic and wild animals across eastern and southern Africa. However, its inherent genetic variation and population structure ...
Preferences for Livestock Market Services in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia
Preferences for Livestock Market Services in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia
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 ...
System Dynamics Modelling Approach to Determine Sustainable Stocking Rate for a Sheep Population in the Ethiopian Highlands
A system dynamics approach was used to determine the sustainable stocking rate of the Menz sheep population in the Ethiopian highland. A model was developed to simulate stocking rate based on communal grazing land. The ...
Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South
Livestock have strong empowerment potential, particularly for women. They offer millions
of women in the Global South the opportunity to provide protein-rich foods for home consumption
and sale. Livestock provide women ...
Technical and institutional certification of breeding rams in Ethiopia
This report is a preliminary attempt to describe the technical and institutional requirements for certification of improved rams selected in the framework of the community-based breeding programs in Ethiopia.