Jeremy Lind,Rachel Sabates-Wheeler,Matteo Caravani et al.
Jeremy Lind et al.
Over the past two decades, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human populations, shifting land use, expanding livestock marketing and trade, and greater investment by domestic and glob...
COVID-19 in pastoral contexts in the greater Horn of Africa: Implications and recommendations [0.03%]
非洲之角广大牧区中的 COVID-19疫情影响及建议
Evan F Griffith,Loupa Pius,Pablo Manzano et al.
Evan F Griffith et al.
COVID-19 is a global pandemic that continues to spread around the world, including to Africa where cases are steadily increasing. The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is leading the pandemic response in Africa, with direct...
Short report on implications of Covid-19 and emerging zoonotic infectious diseases for pastoralists and Africa [0.03%]
新冠疫情及其他新型人畜共患病对牧民和非洲的影响简报
Anthony Egeru,Sintayehu W Dejene,Aggrey Siya
Anthony Egeru
Many emerging and re-emerging zoonotic infectious diseases occur in Africa. These are projected to increase as human-animal host contact increases owing to increasing environmental degradation that shrinks nature habitats for wildlife over ...
Piebald Camels [0.03%]
花斑骆驼
Gabriele Volpato,Maurizio Dioli,Antonello Di Nardo
Gabriele Volpato
Animal breeds are the diverse outcome of the thousands-year-long process of livestock domestication. Many of these breeds are piebald, resulting from the artificial selection by pastoralists of animals bearing a genetic condition known as l...
Camel production systems in Ethiopia: a review of literature with notes on MERS-CoV risk factors [0.03%]
埃塞俄比亚单峰骆驼生产系统：文献回顾及MERS-CoV风险因素备注
Tadele Mirkena,Elias Walelign,Nega Tewolde et al.
Tadele Mirkena et al.
Camels are the most adapted species to the harsh conditions of arid/semi-arid rangelands of Ethiopia where pastoralism is the dominant mode of life and mobility is an inherent strategy to efficiently utilize the spatially and temporally dis...
Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya [0.03%]
肯尼亚马赛马拉生态系统的保护区内为适应气候变化的以畜牧业为主的生计与野生动物的关系及其取舍问题
Claire Bedelian,Joseph O Ogutu
Claire Bedelian
Pastoralists in the wildlife-rich East African rangelands use diversification into conservation and tourism as a strategy to supplement livestock-based livelihoods and to spread risk. Tourism incomes are an important alternative source duri...
The impact of self-help groups on pastoral women's empowerment and agency: A study in Nigeria [0.03%]
自助小组对尼日利亚牧区妇女赋权和自主性的影响：一项案例研究
Adedamola F Badejo,Ayodele O Majekodunmi,Peter Kingsley et al.
Adedamola F Badejo et al.
While women in pastoralist communities are key stakeholders in the production of milk and dairy products for income generation, they are largely ignored in other areas of development such as health. The need to involve women self-help group...
Patterns of passage into protected areas: Drivers and outcomes of Fulani immigration, settlement and integration into the Kachia Grazing Reserve, northwest Nigeria [0.03%]
福尔努人进入保护区的模式：尼日尔西北部卡奇亚牧场移民、定居和融入的驱动因素及结果
Marie J Ducrotoy,Ayodele O Majekodunmi,Alexandra P M Shaw et al.
Marie J Ducrotoy et al.
Increasing land use and associated competition for natural resources in the wake of high human and livestock population pressures have been major challenges confronting pastoralists of West Africa. This is especially true in Nigeria where F...
Shifting livelihood strategies in northern Nigeria - extensified production and livelihood diversification amongst Fulani pastoralists [0.03%]
尼日利亚北部游牧富拉尼人的生计策略变化——放牧生产的粗放化和生计的多样化
Ayodele O Majekodunmi,Charles Dongkum,Tok Langs et al.
Ayodele O Majekodunmi et al.
This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the livelihood strategies of Fulani pastoralists in north central Nigeria. Results show a diversified crop-livestock system aimed at spreading risk and reducing cattle offtake, adapted to nat...
What to do with chronically sick animals? Pastoralists' management strategies in the far north region of Cameroon [0.03%]
患病动物何去何从？喀麦隆极北地区牧民的管理策略
Jessica M Healy Profitós,Mark Moritz,Rebecca B Garabed
Jessica M Healy Profitós
While the goal of African pastoralists is health and longevity of herd and household, some of their management strategies appear to counter this long-term goal. Pastoralists in the far north region of Cameroon, for example, do not always re...