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Characterization of village chicken production and marketing system in Gomma Wereda, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
This study was conducted to characterize the production and marketing system of village chickens in Gomma Wereda of Jimma Zone. Six Kebeles were selected using multistage random sampling from each of which 30 Households (HHs) were randomly selected. A survey was conducted on the selected HHs pertaining indigenous chicken management, marketing and productivity. Fresh eggs (purchased from the household) and market eggs (purchased from the local market) were studied for quality and hatchability.
Climate change and gender: what role for agricultural research among smallholder farmers in Africa?
This study was commissioned to provide an understanding of the complex impacts climate change will likely have on existing gender and social inequalities.
Climate and land use land cover change and their interconnections with livestock feed resource management in Ethiopia
We assessed land use/ land cover changes from remotely sensed satellite imagery and compared this with households perceptions on availability/use of livestock feed resources and feed deficit management strategies since the 1973 in three districts representing the pastoral, agro-pastoral and mixed crop-livestock eco-environments of Ethiopia.
Climate change impacts on animal health and vector borne diseases
Climate Change Impacts on Livestock
This Working Paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across
Africa, using a combination of literature review and some new results on the projected
impacts of climate change on the rangelands of Africa. Findings show that there are
many options that can help livestock keepers adapt, but there appear to be no options
that are widely applicable which do not have constraints to their adoption. An
enabling technical and policy environment will thus be needed to ensure livestock
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: Science workshop report
CGIAR and partner scientists met in Cancun, Mexico, with the purpose to advance science on climate change adaptation and mitigation, according to the scope of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food security (CCAFS).
The objectives of the workshop were to (1) understand ongoing research as a foundation for future collaboration and advances, and (2) explore research that shows the highest promise for scientific breakthroughs.
Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa
A classification of the major ruminant livestock production systems in West Africa is proposed. The proposed typology has two major classes of systems-sole livestock and crop-livestock. The sole livestock class has two systems (rangeland-based and landless) and the crop-livestock class has three sub-classes (annual crop-livestock, tree-crop-livestock and irrigated/flooded cropland-livestock). Within the 3 crop-livestock subclasses 13 systems defined by the dominant crops are identified.
Climate change vulnerability and risk assessment of agriculture and food security in Ethiopia: which way forward?
Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives for agriculture in East Africa
National governments across East Africa are in the process of formulating and implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies to assist farmers cope with climate change. These include formulating actions, frameworks and programs to address climate change and embedding these within the long-term national development plans.
Classifying livestock production systems for targeting agricultural research and development in a rapidly changing world
A myriad of agricultural and livestock production systems co-exist in the developing countries. Agricultural research for development should therefore aim at delivering strategies that are well targeted to the heterogeneous landscapes and diverse biophysical and socioeconomic contexts the agricultural production system is operating in. To that end, in the recent past several approaches to spatially delineate landscapes with broadly similar production strategies, constraints and investment opportunities, have been applied. The mapped Seré and