AP SénégalaiseBonne percée du riz local dans le sud, selon l’USAID/PCEAP SénégalaiseDakar, 17 jan (APS) – La production rizicole est en train de réaliser de bons pas dans le département de Vélingara (sud), grâce au Projet de croissance…
Archive for January, 2012
Market incentives–not top-down regulation–needed to help poor farmers take advantage of East Africa’s burgeoning pig industry
A workshop was held to find ways of diagnosing and controlling the spread of cysticercosis, a disease caused by tapeworms that can cause seizures and epilepsy in people when they consume undercooked pork infected with the tapeworms. Inadequate disease …
Our land, our animals: Herding in Kenya’s Kitengela rangelands
Our land, our animals: Herding in Kenya’s Kitengela rangelands ILRI Nickson Parmisa, a resident of Kitengela just outside Nairobi in Kenya, talks about the challenges of livestock herding in the face of climate change.
Africa’s threatened livestock breeds
Resilient, disease-resistant,’ancient’ cattle are among the African breeds at risk of extinction as imported animals supplant valuable native livestock on the continent. Urgent action is needed to stop the rapid and alarming loss of genetic…
Herding livelihoods in transition: Kenya’s Kitengela Olmakao Cultural Village
Herding livelihoods in transition: Kenya’s Kitengela Olmakao Cultural Village ILRI This is the story of a group of women from the Kitengela rangelands area, which boarders the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, who have come together to form the Olmakao …