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Veterinary services in the Horn of Africa: where are we now?

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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Pastoralists are marginalised in the Horn of Africa and receive inadequate veterinary services. Under economic structural adjustment programmes, public veterinary services became increasingly ineffective and, in response, community-based NGO programmes were established in some pastoral areas. While these programmes were often considered to be effective, with few exceptions they were small in scale, isolated from […]

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

01/11/2003

15 pages long

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

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Development projects are under pressure to deliver positive gender changes. This paper provides a practical example of how one project in Tanzania attempted to meet this demand. It details how a conventional technical project developed its own understanding of what it is to be gender sensitive, and identified gender concerns that it might address. The […]

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Scaling up the use of fodder shrubs in central Kenya

01/08/2001

8 pages long

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Fodder shrubs provide great potential for increasing the income of smallholder dairy farmers. Following successful on-station and on-farm trials and considerable farmer-to-farmer dissemination in Embu District, Kenya, a project was initiated to introduce fodder shrubs to farmers across seven districts. Over a two-year period, a dissemination facilitator working through field-based partners assisted 150 farmer groups […]

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Book

Perspectives on Pastoral Development: A casebook from Kenya

01/01/2001

1 documents

160 pages long

Languages: English

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An objective account of a major Oxfam initiative: the Wajir Pastoral Development Project in north-east Kenya, with its distinctive emphasis on community participation. It explains how marginalized groups are developing their own pastoral associations to represent their interests, and Oxfam’s role in facilitating that process. It describes an integrated approach to pastoral development: supporting the […]

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Women and family poultry production in rural Africa

01/02/2000

5 pages long

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The author discusses the importance of rural family poultry (RFP) in Africa as an income generating and/or subsistence asset for families, particularly highlighting the gender dimension of RFP, since women are often the main owners of, and carers for, chickens. RFP development programmes must take account of other demands on women’s time, but should aim […]

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The use of donkeys in the Mexican central highlands: a gender perspective

01/08/1999

12 pages long

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A historical study of migratory patterns in central Mexico shows that rural communities have seen shifts in population ratios as well as in the type of activities and responsibilities undertaken by men and women. This has also affected women’s use of livestock, particularly the donkey. In this case study from the State of Mexico, the […]

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Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

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The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

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Book

Where There is No Vet

01/01/1999

6 documents

394 pages long

Languages: English

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Where There is No Vet is more than just a book on first aid for animals. It aims to help people keep their animals healthy. It covers a wide range of topics that affect the health of livestock, from diarrhoea to rinderpest, from helpful traditional remedies to the uses of modern medicines and vaccines. It […]

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Book

Contested Lands in Southern and Eastern Africa: A literature survey

01/01/1997

5 documents

310 pages long

Languages: English

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Questions of land tenure and land reform, and their impact on poor and vulnerable communities, are of vital importance throughout Southern and Eastern Africa. From the vast literature on the subject, Robin Palmer has selected and summarised more than 300 recent books, articles, academic theses, and reports of conferences and workshops. This survey includes studies […]

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Book

Improving Goat Production in the Tropics: A manual for development workers

01/01/1996

7 documents

410 pages long

Languages: English

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Improving Goat Production in the Tropics is written both for livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production. It explains the theory of goat-keeping, and how it can be used to design simple and cheap improvements in the nutrition, health, and breeding management of small or large flocks. […]

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