D’man sheep breeding programme in Morocco
Do smallholder farmers benefit more from crossbred (Somali × Anglo-Nubian) than from indigenous goats?
Enhancement of capacity in applied biometry in East and southern Africa
Biometric skills in developing countries are inadequate to support the changing priorities of agricultural research with the consequence that the quality of research aimed at increasing food security and alleviating poverty is often deficient because it lacks good statistical design" (CTA, 1997).
Factors affecting urban demand for live sheep: The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
As the share of small ruminant meat, especially sheep, in the demand and consumption of meat in general grows, information about consumer expenditure behaviour and demand parameters for live sheep will be valuable for several interest groups in the sheep industry.
Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
The study of gender issues in agricultural production has become an important subject of inquiry, even since questions were raised on whether women and men benefited equally from economic development.
ILRI 1999. Making the livestock revolution work for the poor
This annual report takes as its theme the central challenge facing the institute and its partners at the start of the new millennium: making the livestock revolution work for the poor. It is a companion report to the institutes new strategic plan, which takes the revolution as its basis in determining how ILRI's programme should evolve in the first decade of the 21st century.
ILRI strategy to 2010. Making the livestock revolution work for the poor
This document is divided in four parts.
Improving cattle for milk, meat and traction
Property rights, risk and livestock development: Summary of research results
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