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Livestock

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Climate Change Impacts on Livestock

This working paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across Africa, using a combination of […]

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Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study – Livestock Report

Alongside expected climate changes, the LMB is undergoing significant socio-economic and physical changes affecting livestock production, […]

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Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment in Niger: Moving from Crisis Response to Long-Term Risk Management

Niger is a case of living perpetually with risk, thus more emphasis on long-term structural solutions, […]

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Meat processing technology for small-to medium-scale producers

Over the next decade there will be an increase in global meat production from the current […]

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Access Agriculture

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages.  Here you can […]

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The Politics of Livestock Sector Policy and the Rural Poor in Bolivia

This paper presents a case study of how livestock policies are made and implemented in a […]

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The livestock-climate-poverty nexus – A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change

Climate change will have severe impacts in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. Despite the […]

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The genetic basis of resistance to Ostertagia circumcincta in lambs

The relationship between Ostertagia (Teladorsagia) circumcincta and sheep is one of the best understoodhost-parasite relationships in […]

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The evolution of colonist farming sytems at the forest frontier: is there hope for sustainable land use in Amazonia? NRSP Research Advances No. 7.

This research is based on a three-year study on the effects of intensification, which examines the […]

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The Contribution of Poultry to Development and Poverty Reduction

This presentation was given at the 22nd World’s Poultry Congress, in Istanbul, Turkey, 9 June 2004. […]

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Summary of Baseline Household Survey Results: Lower Nyando, Kenya.

CCAFS carried out household baseline surveys in all its benchmark sites in 2010/2011. This report presents […]

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Smallholders in the Era of Globalization

This presentation was given at the AHAT BSAS International Conference in Kohn Kaen, Thailand, 15 November […]

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Smallholder Contract Farmingof Swine in Northern Viet Nam:Contract Types

The rapid growth in demand for pork in Viet Nam presents an opportunity for rural swine […]

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Smallholder Contract Farming of Swine in Northern Viet Nam: Type and Scale of Production

The rapid growth in demand for pork in Viet Nam presents an opportunity for rural households […]

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Simple decision support for feed planning

This article highlights some old and new approaches that may be useful in assisting livestock-dependent people […]

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Rethinking the Traditional Concept of Livestock Services: A Study of Response Capacity in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

This paper reports the results of a comparative study of the livestock sector in 3 South […]

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Crop post-harvest research programme in Zimbabwe – Report on baseline data available for Buhera District, Manicaland Province

This report on crop post-harvest research programme in Zimbabwe focuses on the institutional environment, farming systems, […]

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Reframing Technical Change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity.

This document, divided into three sections, develops a conceptual framework for a project on livestock fodder […]

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Re-assessing the fodder problem

F odder makes up 70 percent of livestock inputs and is crucial to the livelihood of […]

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Pro-Poor Management of Public Health Risks Associated With Livestock: The Case of HPAI In East and Southeast Asia

This policy briefing document is based on the internal PPLPI working document, Assessing Policy Responses to […]

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Pro-Poor Management of Public Health Risks Associated With Livestock: The Case of HPAI In East and Southeast Asia

This policy briefing document is based on the internal PPLPI working document, Assessing Policy Responses to […]

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Production and Marketing of Red Meat, Wool,Skins and Hides in Afghanistan: A Case Study from Kabul, Kandahar and Kunduz Provinces

This paper reports the findings of project RALF01-09 on ‘Marketing of Livestock and Livestock products: Market […]

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Policy Issues in Livestock Development and Poverty Reduction

This policy briefing is based on Working Paper No. 10. Development in the livestock sector and […]

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Policies and Strategies to Address the Vulnerability of Pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pastoralism is the key agricultural production system in the drylands and, as drylands constitute nearly half […]

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Nile Basin Focal Project – Synthesis Report

The main objective of the Nile Basin Focal Project (NBFP) is to identify high potential water […]

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Nile Basin livestock water productivity

Within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), PN37 (Nile basin livestock water productivity) […]

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Pilot study for the implementation of a traceability scheme for smallholder poultry farms in northern Viet Nam

Movement of live poultry via trade is a known risk factor for the introduction, spread and […]

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Opportunities for improving the utilisation of small grains and oilseeds in rural areas of Zimbabwe. Proposals based on a survey of Mutoko, Buhera and Chivi Districts, Zimbabwe, 11-15 November 1996

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Milk Production in India – Opportunities and Risks for Small-scale Producers

This policy briefing is based on Working Paper No. 2. India produces more milk than any […]

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Improved Rural Incomes from Better Forage Production and Sales of Milk Production

This presentation is an introduction to a project approved for funding by the RALF Project Review […]

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Global Summary of Baseline Household Survey Results

This report summarizes the results of a baseline household-level survey, designed by the CCAFS team and […]

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Funding Mechanisms for Animal Healthcare Systems

This policy briefing is based on Working Paper No. 17. Animal production is predicted to increase […]

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Enhancing Capacity for Innovation: Learning from Practice

Proceedings from a conference of Fodder Innovation Project (FIP) II 5-6 May 2010.

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EU Policy-Making: Reform of the CAP and EU Trade in Beef and Dairy with Developing Countries

The present study is part of the PPLPI effort to identify significant political and institutional factors […]

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Environmental variability and productivity of semi-arid grazing systems environmental variability

The purpose of this project was to develop new technologies, decision support strategies and policies to […]

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Easy diagnosis of livestock diseases. Validated RNRRS Output.

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]

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Community Animal Health Services for Improving Household Wealth and Health Status of Low-income Farmers

Community animal health services (CAHS) have been promoted since the 1970s by aid organizations in low-income […]

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Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for International Development: Media Briefing

The CIDLID initiative is made up of 16 projects which will look at some of the […]

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Class I and Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex Alleles are associated with faecal egg counts following natural, predominantly Ostertagia Cicumcinta infection

During a previous investigation an association was found between major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-DRB1 alleles and faecal […]

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Chemical composition, digestibility and aflatoxin content of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) cake produced in north-eastern Bolivia.

Brazil nut cake, a by-product of small scale oil extraction, is of potential use as a […]

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Alignment of poultry sector actors with avian influenza control

This presentation outlines work conducted to assess the level of compliance of poultry value chain actors […]

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Agricultural GHGs in East and West Africa: Baseline Emissions and Mitigation Potential

The main question behind the work presented here is: How can agricultural greenhouse gas emissions be […]

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A report on baseline data available for Mutoko District, Mashonaland East Province

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A comparative study on the clinical, parasitological and molecular diagnosis of bovine trypanosomosis in Uganda.

The clinical, parasitological and molecular diagnosis of bovine trypanosomosis were compared using samples from 250 zebu […]

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Livestock Service Delivery in Andhra Pradesh: Veterinarians’ Perspective

Improved animal health services provision in Andhra Pradesh, India has been identified as a key contributor […]

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Livestock and livelihoods: Highlights from a sample of research projects commissioned on livestock of relevance to resource-poor livestock keepers in Africa, South Asia and Latin America

This document contains a few highlights from completed research projects commissioned by DFID’s LPP over the […]

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Livestock and Livelihoods: Development Goals and Indicators applied to Senegal

In this report, we present a series of empirical techniques to examine linkage between livestock and […]

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Livestock Policies and Poverty Reduction in Africa, Asia and Latin America

This policy briefing summarises Working Paper No. 27. In the case study countries, with a view […]

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Interim research report from JDPC

This report discusses the implementation and management of the Fodder Innovation Project in Ikire, South West […]

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Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) is a set of international guidelines and standards for designing, […]

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Training manual for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists on Index-Based Livestock Insurance

The recurrent drought has had devastating effects on pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Kenya. Marsabit County located […]

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Livestock Diseases: Prevention, Control and Compensation Schemes

Governments are increasingly acting to prevent and control livestock diseases, using policies such as regulations and […]

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A spatial assessment of livestock production and market access

This study links smallholder livestock production data from the Agricultural Census (2001/02) and annual CSA agricultural sam-ple survey […]

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Conquering the Cattle Plague: The global effort to eradicate rinderpest

Farmers have confronted the scourge of rinderpest, or cattle plague, ever since cattle were domesticated some […]

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The IBLI Color Legend: Translating Index-Based Mortality Predictions Into Meaningful signals

IBLI, designed by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in partnership with Cornell University and the […]

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Index Based Livestock Insurance Project Mongolia: Additional Financing

The Government of Mongolia requested assistance from the World Bank to improve rural herder vulnerability to […]

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Index Based Livestock Insurance for Northern Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands: The Marsabit Pilot

Index-based insurance products represent a promising and exciting innovation for managing the climate related risks that vulnerable […]

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Agriculture and risk management provider

The EHedger website is the home for expert agricultural hedging advice and ag marketing guidance. As the […]

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The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Livestock in the Balance

This report highlights the fact that, even before the food crisis and the economic crisis, the […]

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2009

The State of Food and Agriculture aims at bringing to a wider audience balanced science-based assessments […]

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Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative Livestock Sector Policies and Programs in Developing Countries, A Menu for Practitioners

The Livestock Sector Policy Menu presented in this volume has been prepared by the Pro-Poor Livestock […]

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Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)

The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. […]

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Global Early Warning and Response System for Major Animal Diseases, including Zoonoses

This website provides links to reports and provides news updates on outbreaks of major animal diseases […]

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Policies and Strategies to Address the Vulnerabilities of Pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pastoralism is the key agricultural production system in the drylands. As drylands constitute nearly half of […]

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