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  1. Best Practices in Livestock Projects

    2024-11-06 This ECHO Best Practice Note distills insights from farmers and other specialists who collaborated in promoting livestock as a means to improve rural livelihoods. Acknowledgment is given especially to Heifer International and to all its partners who developed a substantial program that still...
    Livestock projects Livestock Development Livestock Sustainable Livest...

  2. Rearing Grasscutters

    2012-01-01 Grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus) are rodents widely found in grasslands, clearings, wet or marshy areas in Africa. They are more commonly known as "hedgehogs" in Central Africa, "agouti" in French-speaking West Africa, and "cane rats" in English-speaking West Africa.Grasscutters – large...
    Grasscutters Livestock Development Downloads Developing countries Livestock

  3. Livestock for a Small Earth

    1994-01-06 This book is a collection of essays that share what has been learned over the course of half a century about how to make agricultural development with animals socially just and enviornmentally sustainable. 111 pages, illustrated
    Heifer Project Livestock Development Livestock Developing countries

  4. FM 1993 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 9 #1

    1993-03-19 Livestock issue Mushrooming income for women Beekeeping Chiapas sheep Crossbreeding Soil classification Improved cultivars
    Beekeeping Livestock Industry Soil Classification Sheep Livestock Genetics

  5. FM 1996 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 12 #1

    1996-04-19 Experiences from the Andes and the Himalayas combined Lameo - Boliva soil conservation Irrigation through reservoirs in Bolivia Burning in hillsides farming in Colombia Diversity in mountain agriculture in northern India Indigenous knowledge re-valued Livestock and soil fertility
    Soil Conservation Soil Fertility Irrigation Andes Himalayan region Livestock Colombia Hill farming Mountainous Region India Indigenous Practices Irrigation Management

  6. Modern and Mobile: The Future of Livestock Production in Africa's Drylands

    For far too long, pastoralists in Africa have been viewed-mistakenly as living outside the mainstream of national development, pursuing a way of life that is in crisis and decline. The reality isvery different. Pastoralists manage complex webs of profitable cross-border trade and draw huge...
    Arid Regions Africa Pastoral Systems Livestock Livestock Development Drylands Livestock Producti...

  7. Polyface Micro: success with livestock on a homestead scale

    2022-01-01 Success with domestic livestock does not require large land bases. Joel Salatin and his family’s Polyface Farm in Virginia lead the world in animal-friendly and ecologically authentic, commercial, pasture-based livestock production. InPolyface Microhe adapts the ideas and protocols to small...
    Homesteading Livestock

  8. Integrated farm management III.

    Covers aspects of farm managementand water conservation, animal husbandry, planting tree crops, and soil fertility management.
    Soil Fertility Cropping Systems Livestock Tree crops Wood Asia

  9. Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

    2011-01-01 From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and...
    sustainable farming Homesteading Livestock

  10. Breeding rabbits - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video It is necessary to adopt good practices to ensure that your rabbits reproduce well, because there are many benefits. If you use good practices, your breeding does will be healthy and give birth to many baby rabbits that you can sell for a good price. Available...
    Rabbits Livestock AccessAgriculture