Andy Jarvis says to look at the livestock “hoofprint” as an opportunity as much as a call to immediate action. “Developing countries are where it’s at! They have the biggest potential for mitigation and major system transformations. There are s…
‘The origin of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster coincides with domestication of ruminants’ paper by Fischer, A; Shapiro, B; Muriuki, C; Heller, M; Schnee, C; Bongcam-Rudloff, E; Frey, J; Jores, J in PLoS ONE 7(4): e36150 (2012). ‘The &…
‘Feeding dairy cattle in East Africa’, by B Lukuyu, CK Gachuiri, MN Lukuyu, C Lusweti, S Mwendia (2012). This manual covers information on the basic nutrients a dairy cow requires, the available feed resources that provide these nutrients a…