Ticks are small creatures like insects that attach to the body of animals to suck their blood. Ticks cause diseases like skin lesions. The animals will become skinny and no longer produce milk.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Antibiotics are drugs used for killing germs. The drugs can be given by mouth or injected into the animal’s muscle or vein. These drugs go directly into the bloodstream. The blood carries the drug to the udder where it will get into the milk.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Milk spoils because of germs that are too small to see. The germs grow in the milk and spoil it. Germs multiply faster in warm milk than in cold milk. So move the milk to the collection centre within 30 minutes of milking, or the milk will start to spoil.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
In semi-arid West Africa, farmers and herders explain why and how trees and livestock play a crucial role in obtaining a productive soil and crop. In Niger and Ghana this is one of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management that has a positive effect across agroclimatic zones.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: العربية, Bamanankan, chiCheŵa, English, Français, Hausa, Gĩkũyũ, Português
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Examples of how the two communities can interact to benefit each other from Niger and Mali. From Mali the arrangements of the Barahogon Association are explained, including how disputes are resolved.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Conflict
Language: English, Français, Gĩkũyũ, Kiswahili
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: North Africa
Modern dairy plants use pure, fresh milk to make milk powder, cheese, yoghurt and other products. The processing plant can only make its products from pure milk. When water is added, the milk is diluted, or weakened, and it is not good for processing into dairy products.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Value addition
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
This guidebook presents a module template for including livestock in multi-topic and agricultural household surveys in low- and middle-income countries. This practical tool helps survey practitioners collect data on the role of livestock in the household economy and its contribution to livelihoods. The data will assist in generating statistics on the smallholder livestock sector—from herd size and composition to husbandry and production practices, from meat, milk, and egg production to livestock income. These statistics represent the backbone for effective livestock-sector policies and investments.
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Economy, Finance, Value addition
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
The first edition of a biannual magazine supported by the Karamoja Development Forum, this publication gives a glimpse into the life of a Karamajong herder. It compiles essays, opinion pieces and articles by individuals who come from the Karamoja region of Uganda, spanning pertinent issues such as climate change, resilience, trans-border migration, livestock economy and adapted technologies. As Karamoja emerges from the shadows of decades-long armed conflict, the magazine serves to give a voice to the previously voiceless, and shine the spotlight on pastoralism once again.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Karamoja Development Forum (KDF)
Topic: Climate change, Conflict, Economy, Food security, Gender and youth, Participation, Resilience, Social services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical, Newletters
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa