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Extreme Wildlife Declines and Concurrent Increase in Livestock Numbers in Kenya: What Are the Causes?
There is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. Extreme wildlife losses
have recently been documented for large parts of Africa, including western, Central and
Eastern Africa. Here, we report extreme ...
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 ...
Spatial planning: Making space for livestock and wildlife
Ecosystem‐based planning seeks to identify and understand the important ecological characteristics of a landscape or region, and then use this information to design plans that guide the development of ecologically‐responsible ...
Intercontinental Networks Between Africa and Asia Across the Indian Ocean: What Do Village Chickens Reveal?
The prehistory of the Indian Ocean world can be likened to a complex historical jigsaw puzzle, and has attracted deep interest from various dis- ciplines (Chaudhuri 1985; Pearson 2011). The objective has been to find and ...
Least-cost rations for sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the West African Sahel
Sheep fattening is an increasingly important economic activity in the West African Sahel, particularly in and around
Tabaski, the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Kabir (Ayantunde et al. 2008). The low level of initial investment, ...
Index Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya elearning course introduction
Thomson Lengulisiei from APA Insurance in Kenya introduces the Index Based Livestock Insurance e-learning course.
Meat and milk production scenarios and the associated land footprint in Kenya
Increasing demands for meat andmilk in developing countries and the associated production growth are driving the
expansion of agriculture at the expense of environmental conservation and other land uses. While considerab ...
Index Based Livestock Takaful elearning course introduction
An introduction of the Index Based Livestock Takaful (IBLT) elearning course by Hassan Bashir, CEO of Takaful Insurance of Africa.
Market-oriented interventions and climate resilience in dryland agro-pastoralism
Policy Brief on Market-oriented interventions and climate resilience in dryland agro-pastoralism
Characterization for index based livestock insurance
Pastoral populations of subSaharan
Africa are particularly vulnerable to losses in wealth and productive assets via herdmortality shocks.
Although conventional insurance mechanisms covering individual losses are not cost ...