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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesApril, 2018Algeria, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Cameroon, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa
Population growth and urbanisation are driving a livestock revolution. Mixed farming systems are the present and the foreseeable future of West African livestock systems, with concurrent changes in livestock feeding systems and the role of grazing, fodder and penning. The livestock economy has to be seen as part of a national economy in which urban and rural facets interact. Effective policies need to be based on recognition of the capacity of rural people to invest in improving their livelihoods.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1983Kenya, Mali, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa
Describes the dif. phases in the ILCA research framework, w. regard to Livestock Systems Research (LSR), particularly the descriptive, diagnostic, design, testing & extension phases, using examples of field research on pastoral & agropastoral systems in the arid & semi arid zones of Mali, Ethiopia and Kenya.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2009Southern Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Asia, Eastern Africa
The purpose of this report is first to provide evidence of the role of livestock in rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Further, the report aims to identify opportunities for investments that build on that evidence and hold promise for improving and sustaining the livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers and their rural communities in developing countries. This analysis is presented in order to support the decision making of those public and private development investors, and policy makers, for whom improved rural livelihoods is a key objective.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesFebruary, 2016Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Africa, Western Africa
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Library ResourceApril, 2010Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa
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