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October, 2006
Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Conference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1983Kenya, Mali, Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa, Western AfricaDescribes 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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Reports & ResearchJune, 2016Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa -
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Training Resources & ToolsApril, 2011Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa -
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2016Somalia, Africa, Eastern AfricaSomalia, one of the world's poorest countries, has livestock as the mainstay of the economy, with an estimated 65% of the population engaged in the livestock sector. This paper presents a gendered study on the traditional livestock breeding practices of Somali pastoralists for camels, cattle, sheep and goats, with a focus on documenting livestock traits of importance, the criteria used to select male breeding animals and the criteria used to cull female breeding animals.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1981Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
Discusses the Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit (KREMU), mentioning its objectives, initial tasks related to identifying ecological units, testing survey methods, training of staff & designing appropriate computer programmes; describes the Unit's achievements, with emphasis on ecological surveys & censuses carried out within the framework of on-going ecological monitoring programmes; outlines problems encountered.
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September, 2016Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern AfricaEthiopia has high prevalence of clinical and subclinical mastitis in different livestock
species and production systems and these contribute substantially to poor
productivity in affected herds. Thus far, studies have focused on identification of
microbial pathogens and associated risk factors for mastitis. However, relatively little
is known about the knowledge and beliefs of livestock keepers regarding prevailing
livestock health problems in general and mastitis in particular. An accurate
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Manuals & GuidelinesNovember, 2009Kenya, Eastern AfricaThis paper evaluates the effectiveness of a new index-based livestock insurance (IBLI)
product designed to compensate for area average predicted livestock mortality loss in
northern Kenya, where previous work has established the presence of poverty traps. We
simulate household-specific wealth dynamics based on a model parameterized using rich
panel and experimental data from the region. The simulations allow us to investigate
patterns of willingness to pay for asset index insurance that is imperfectly correlated with
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