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  1. Library Resource
    Constitution
    December, 1983
    Saint Kitts and Nevis

    The constitution was promulgated by Queen Elizabeth II through an Order in Council upon independence.

  2. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983
    Niger, Africa, Western Africa

    Presents findings and proposals of a team which studied the pastoral zone of Niger to forumlate a development programme, describing the existing production systems and constraints related to range resources, nutrition, water points and diseases.

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983

    Discusses biological options available for improvement in the productivity of pastoral systems, particularly referring to problems arising from aridity and under-nutrition, and problems of particular systems such as mortality of young stock, bush encroachment, epidemic diseases and management systems.

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983

    Indicates factors that must be considered when designing pastoral systems research, esp. the need to maintain complementantrity among various types of research; the need for policy orientation when carrying out research; and setting up of priorities & opportunities. Includes case examples from work carried out by the ILCA subhumid programme.

  5. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983

    Discusses ways of studying economics of household level activities in pastoral production systems, with particular reference to the collection and analysis of data on household income and expenditure as well as resources inventory.

  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983

    Reviews differences between crop production and pastoral production, considering their effects on research possibilities; and describes basic methods that may be used to collect household level data, esp. informal & formal surveys, enumeration and the use of questionnaires.

  7. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1983

    Reviews most recent applications of methodologies for resource surveys appropriate to pastoral & agro-pastoral regions in Africa, with particular reference to remote sensing methodologies, viz. satellite imagery, aerial photography, side-looking radar (SLR), spectral radiance and low-altitutde aerial survey. Discusses the integration of remote sensing techniques with ground truth within the context of rapid appraisal methods and early warning procedures within a livestock systems research approach.

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