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Huduma za mfumo ikolojia ni muhimu kwa ustawi wa maisha jamii?

January, 2017
Tanzania, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
pastoral lands
pastoralists
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Socioeconomic impacts of innovative dairy supply chain practices - The case of the Laiterie du Berger in the Senegalese Sahel

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2017
Senegal, Western Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
pastoralists
This study analyzes the Laiterie Du Berger (LDB)’s milk supply chain and its contribution to strengthening the food security and socioeconomic resources of Senegalese Sahelian pastoral households. Porter’s value chain model is used to characterize the innovations introduced by the LDB dairy in its milk inbound logistics and supplier relationships. A socioeconomic food security index and qualitative data are used to assess the dairy’s supply chain’s contribution to strengthen smallholder households’ livelihoods.
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Improving the Agency Model in distribution of Index Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) – A study of Takaful Insurance of Africa

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
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Genomic footprints of dryland stress adaptation in Egyptian fat-tail sheep and their divergence from East African and western Asia cohorts

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Egypt, Asia, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Long-term livestock exclosure did not affect soil carbon in southern Ethiopian rangelands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land degradation
rangelands
land management
Controlled grazing management is considered as an effective strategy to enhance soil carbon sequestration, but empirical evidences are scarce. Particularly, the role of livestock exclusion related to soil carbon sequestration is not well understood in arid and semiarid savannas of Africa. We investigated the effectiveness of long-term (14–36 years old) exclosures in enhancing soil carbon in the semiarid savanna, southern Ethiopia.
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Community-based rangeland management in Dirre rangeland unit: Taking Successes in Land Restoration to scale project

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
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Sustainable Rangeland Management Project, Tanzania

May, 2017
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
research
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
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Building resilience through Index Based Livestock Insurance: Insights from Ethiopia

May, 2017
Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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The role of mobile technologies in promoting sustainable delivery of livestock insurance in the East African Drylands: Toward sustainable Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) for pastoralists

Conference Papers & Reports
August, 2017
Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
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Using electronic syndromic surveillance system to collect animal health and meat inspection records in Marsabit County, Kenya

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
pastoralists
Introduction: An electronic syndromic surveillance system for collecting, collating and analysing animal health and meat inspection records in Marsabit County, Kenya has been developed.