Changes in climate that intensify drought and accelerate the spread of livestock parasites and diseases darken the economic future for sub-Saharan pastoralists. Already stressed, as industrial and urban development narrow their access to pastures and water for their animals, many pastoralists face a bleak choice: abandon their livestock and their cultural heritage or die. In Uganda, however, the outlook for pastoralists is becoming much brighter. Thousands of pastoralists in Uganda point the way toward a better option: commercial milk production.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesNoviembre, 2018Uganda, África, África oriental
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesNoviembre, 2018Kenya, África oriental, África
Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) is a donor-funded programme aimed at designing, developing and implementing market-mediated, index-based insurance products to protect livestock keepers, particularly in the drought-prone arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), from drought-related asset losses. The IBLI index is based on satellite data, which measure the quality of the pastureland every 10–16 days. These data are inputs to a statistical model of livestock mortality developed using historical data from the region.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2003Zimbabwe, África austral, África
A crops specialist and a livestock specialist from the Matopos research station describe technologies being developed to support smallholder farmers experiencing drought
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Malawi, África austral, África
As cities expand to cover farmland with roads and buildings, the conflict between traditional land rights, and modern systems of ownership and distribution become very clear. This report comes from Blantyre in Malawi, where city authorities now charge rent on land that was once freely owned.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2003Zimbabwe, África austral, África
A senior agricultural extension officer for Matabeleland North province in Zimbabwe describes how the extension service is helping farmers to cope with less reliable rainfall.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Gambia, África, África occidental
Around ten years ago the government of the Gambia earmarked a strip of land along the Atlantic coast for tourism development. More recently, land in the same area is being used to provide affordable housing for civil servants. The chief of one village affected by these policies describes the problem of land shortage he now faces.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Kenya, África oriental, África
Mr. Situma Mwichebe talking to Ann Mikia about the reality of water rights in Kenya.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2004África, África subsahariana
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2003África, África oriental
Farmers perception of soil fertility. The role of farmers field schools in knowledge transfer.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2003África austral, África
The role of soil erosion, organic and inorganic inputs for soil fertility management in South Africa
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