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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 ...
Using satellite data to insure camels, cows, sheep and goats: IBLI and the development of the world’s first insurance for African pastoralists
This sample size was distributed across the 16 sub-locations in Marsabit on the basis proportional allocation using
the 1999 household population census statistics. There were only two exceptions to this rule: a minimum ...
Business plan and feasibility analysis of an On-farm solar powered milk cooling system
This chapter focuses primarily on the development of a business model for three livestock projects in the region of Sidi Bouzid in order to compare their financial profitability and feasibility. These models were developed ...
Progress report on modeling geographic distribution of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. in Tunisia
In the present work, we built a model to predict habitat suitability of ticks of Rhipicephalus sanguineus group in order to raise awareness about ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Tunisia. This study could also be extrapolated ...
MART-AZR Project Research Report 18: Incidence of Internal Parasites of Sheep in Upland Districts of Baluchistan.
Sixty-eight flocks of sheep in Kalat, Pishin, Loralai, and Zhob districts of upland Baluchistan were examined for the presence of internal parasites. Two of the most common breeds, Baluchi and Harnai, were included in the ...
Beer, Barley, Livestock, and Milk: Who Adopts Agricultural Innovations in Rural Rajasthan?
Research conducted in developing countries suggests that most agricultural innovations end up reinforcing existing socio-economic hierarchies based on gender and class. However, most of this research appears to be based ...
Preliminary assessment of Livestock status
Livestock quantity, quality and health status was assessed in Al Majidyya Badia research site close to Amman. The baseline survey of livestock status will support the impact evaluation of proposed livestock health and ...
MART-AZR Project Research Report 16: Fourwing Saltbush Forage Compared with Conventional Feeds for Yearling Sheep.
Twenty-four yearling Harnai sheep were used to compare the palatability and nutritive value of the following rations: Fourwing saltbush, lucerne hay, and wheat straw plus barley grain. A palatability index showed that there ...
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 ...
Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management Study in Zone 2 in Syria
This report is a summary report for Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management in Zone 2 in Syria survey of the Farm Resource Management project.