Resources Tagged: Livestock

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  1. Managing Livestock in CA Systems

    Balancing the needs of livestock and the need to keep soils covered is an on-going challenge with conservation agriculture throughout the world. When crop residues, grass, and mulch materials are in short supply, animal health and soil health both suffer. Competition for these materials can lead...
    Conservation Agric... Livestock East Africa

  2. 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

  3. Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India, and China

    The series aims to highlight key topics in the field of sustainable natural resource management. Each paper reviews a selected issue of contemporary importance and draws preliminary conclusions for devlopment that are particularly relevant for policymakers, researchs and planners. References are...
    agriculture Livestock

  4. 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...

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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