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Vaccination as a way forward? A case study on how a poultry vaccination intervention influences poultry keeping in Kenya
Poultry is important for many poor smallholders, but infectious diseases, such as Newcastle disease, can drastically reduce the poultry population in a village and affects the food security and the livelihood of many farmers. Newcastle disease vaccination can reduce the spread of disease, but may be hard to access for smallholders if there is not a supportive system in place. In this paper, a district in Kenya is studied where there has been support for vaccination.
Using outcome mapping as a monitoring and management tool in a small ruminant value chain project
Uptake of integrated termite management for the rehabilitation of degraded land in East Africa: A research into use baseline study in Diga, Ethiopia
Valuation and sustainable management of crop and livestock biodiversity: a review of applied economics literature
This paper is part of the follow-up to the workshop “Managing Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development” organized by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) for the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) and hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya (23-25 October, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya).
Using participatory research and gender analysis in natural resource management
The use of participatory tools and methods has increased dramatically in
natural resource management (NRM) over the past decade, largely because of
the recognition that sustainable NRM cannot be achieved without involving the
individuals and communities who make decisions about how resources are
used. Participation of resource users and other stakeholders is important not
only in the management of resources, but also in research oriented toward the
generation of information and innovations that shape how resources are
Urban encroachments threaten Maasai lands and lifestyles in Kenya
Value chain analysis of dairy in Laelay Maychew and Adwa Districts in Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia
This study was aimed at analyzing dairy value chain in Laelay Maychew and Adwa districts of Tigray Region. The main focus was to describe and characterize different value chain actors, functions and services providers along the dairy value chain, to quantify the economic contribution of dairy value chain to actors and to investigate factors of small holder farmer’s participation in dairy value chain. To accomplish these tasks formal and informal data collection tools for both primary and secondary data.
Update on IBLI Index in Marsabit for 22 March 2013 - 6 April 2013
Using rangelands to sequester carbon
Carbon sequestration is complicated but important at global scales.