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The economy of Botswana
Survey on the economy of Botswana, w. emphasis on mining production, gross domestic product, prices, cereal production, and livestock and meat export.
The cost to productivity and the potential benefits of 2- and 3-day watering of Boran cattle
A trial conducted to examine the effects of watering Boran cattle once daily, once every two days and once every three days on birth and weaning weights, post-weaning growth and cow performance under extensive grazing conditions.
The favourable impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance: Evaluation results from Ethiopia and Kenya
The Global Effort to Eradicate Rinderpest
During the past 70 years, concerted efforts by the national veterinary services of affected countries from Senegal to China and Russia to South Africa—aided by international organizations—have brought the once-dreaded rinderpest virus to the point of extinction. In the near future, we can expect to see a global declaration of freedom from rinderpest, the first time this has been achieved for a livestock disease. The devastation wrought by rinderpest stimulated the founding of veterinary schools in many countries, and provided the basis for the development of the veterinary profession.
The global livestock agenda: Opportunities and challenges
The global livestock sector is diverse, undergoing rapid change and frequently
misunderstood. Livestock impact issues of major global concern, including food security,
poverty alleviation and environmental and human health. But these impacts differ greatly
across the globe, depending on factors such as the levels of wealth or poverty in a
country/region, the livestock commodity, consumer demands, the policy environment and
the livestock production system. This paper explores global trends in the livestock sector in
The impact and poverty reduction implications of foot and mouth disease control in southern Africa, with special reference to Zimbabwe
The impact of coffee-based agroforestry on the hydrology of the upper Genale River basin, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia
Research was done in the upper part of the Genale River basin in the Sidama Zone, Ethiopia. The research focussed on answering the question whether coffee-based agroforestry could ve an impact on the local hydrology. Discharge data, land use data and soil data was collected in the field and from literature and together put into a SWAT model to investigate the hydrological cycle of the basin. Several scenarios were created in which the amount of coffee in the area was altered.