livestock Articles
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Livestock markets and their role in developing the livestock sector: is there a need for livestock auction markets in Sudan?
Livestock plays an important role in the Sudanese economy and shares almost 50% of the total agricultural exports. Although livestock trade is a prevalent and important economic activity in Sudan, still little attention is given to develop its markets and almost negligible caution is given for increasing livestock number and productivity. Livestock marketing system depends on direct sales and ...
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Salamaq17 will have the best sample of livestock in southern Europe
alamaq 2017 will hold a new edition from 6 to 11 September and Digitanimal will be present. The 29th International Exhibition of Pure Livestock will reach this year in Salamaq17 excellence thanks to the collaboration between the Diputación de Salamanca and the Livestock Associations. This was highlighted by the head of La Salina, Javier Iglesias, who accompanied the Agriculture deputy, ...
By Digitanimal
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Livestock development and poverty alleviation: revolution or evolution for upland livelihoods in Lao PDR?
Livestock play a key role in the lives of poor, rural people in developing countries, providing a major proportion of their cash income, capital assets, draught power, fuel and fertilizer. Rapid growth in demand for meat and dairy products in Asia presents both opportunities and challenges for livestock development and poverty alleviation. This paper explores the potential of livestock ...
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Livestock Record Keeping
Livestock Record Keeping Record keeping is an essential part of a good livestock business management. It helps the farmer / investor in improving the efficiency of farm's operations.The key to successful livestock business is by designing better breeding plans and taking uniformed decisions that influences the production and profitability of the farm.Goat Diary Livestock & Farm Management ...
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Determinants of income poverty in rural Kenya: an empirical analysis
Growth and development aid have proved to be insufficient for alleviating rural poverty in Africa. Thus, efforts should be directed toward enhancing the capacities of rural households to efficiently utilise their productive assets, human capital and land in order to alleviate poverty. This paper uses socio–economic survey data and panel regressions to explore the determinants of income and ...
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Organic livestock: why you should embrace it
The term “organic” is widely used nowadays, usually to refer to products and practices related to a healthier and more conscious lifestyle. But what about organic livestock? Learn more about the practice, its benefits and why you should start embracing it as your main production system. What is organic livestock? Organic livestock is a practice that consists on producing healthy ...
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African countries must improve livestock data
Africa still suffers from a lack of good quality data on livestock that could be used to measure and improve progress as well as inform policymaking processes, scientists have said. Good data are crucial for identifying effective public and private sector investment opportunities, and in helpling to improve the livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers in Africa, according to 'Livestock ...
By SciDev.Net
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What Makes Cimarron Livestock Trailers Trouble-Free?
At Cimarron Trailers, we want every trip you take in one of our custom livestock trailers to be trouble-free and easy to use. This is why every trailer we manufacture includes the following to ensure a safe, hassle-free trip for you and your livestock: Safety Bar Grills Our safety bar grills have no springs, cables or latches. Therefore minimizing the likelihood of anything breaking due to the ...
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Agricultural research policy framework for improved livelihoods security in crop-livestock production systems
Concerns for sustainable development and poverty alleviation are forcing public agricultural research systems to focus on improving livelihoods security. Crop-livestock production systems are central to the livelihood security of the rural poor in India and some other countries of the tropics. With increasing population, urbanisation and incomes, massive increases are foreseen in demands for ...
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Disaster management plan agriculture
The municipality Amt Neuhaus spreads out on the right bank of river Elbe. The region is characterized by agriculture, especially grassland farming in conjunction with animal husbandry. The area is low-lying and has a potential flood risk. The floods in 2002, 2006 and 2011 endangered the stability of dykes and therefore the security of people, livestock and material assets. In 2002 the situation ...
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How do three main farm carbon calculators compare?
Mike Abram from Farmers Weekly presents an insightful review of three popular whole-farm calculators. A few farmers tested the overall scope and structure of the calculators, all of which cover arable and livestock enterprises and are “self-service” options that can be used without input from a farm adviser. The tools assessed where: Farm Carbon Toolkit Agrecalc Cool Farm Tool ...
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Detection of universal GMOs marker 35S-Promoter and tNOS-Terminator by using qTOWER 2.2, real-time PCR
1. Introduction Due to dramatically increment of human population, many countries realized that food insufficiency will be a big issue during the next decade. To improve agriculture and livestock, they started producing genetically modified organisms (GMO) with high productivity of yield and a resistance to insects and pathogenic ...
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Flood event capacity building
Experiences, e.g. in the years 2002, 2006 and 2011, showed the dangers and consequences Elbe-floods can cause for people, livestock and material assets. Depending on the geographical situation, the type of farm and other aspects every farmer has to concern many different things to protect his farm against flood and cope with the consequences. The Chamber of Agriculture represents the interests ...
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Risk and risk management in agriculture: an overview and empirical results
The paper gives an overview of sources of risk and risk management strategies in agriculture. As risk is an inescapable fact of life, in particular in agriculture, farmers must try to manage risk effectively. Risk management is an integral part of good management of a farm, being a way to avoid losses and exploit opportunities. Results of a field survey with 731 Dutch livestock farmers are ...
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Importance of Farm Records
A good record keeping system can assist a farmer to make informed business and movement decisions. Accurate financial and production data help a producer make necessary adjustments to operate more efficiently, plan for the future and pinpoint the weaknesses of a farm and allow the producer to act accordingly . Keep track of assets / inventory such as money (receivables, and payable), livestock, ...
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Flood Event Capacity Building
Experiences, e.g. in the years 2002, 2006 and 2011, showed the dangers and consequences Elbe-floods can cause for people, livestock and material assets. Depending on the geographical situation, the type of farm and other aspects every farmer has to concern many different things to protect his farm against flood and cope with the consequences. The Chamber of Agriculture represents the interests ...
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Flexitarianism: a more moral dietary option
It is morally impossible to justify the power wielded by the livestock industry. This paper describes the human, ecological and animal welfare concerns caused by excessive meat production and consumption, including climate change, water depletion and degradation, land misappropriation and degradation, rainforest destruction, biodiversity and rapid species loss and the significant threats and ...
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Eco-physiological characteristics of
Pistia stratiotes and its removal of pollutants from livestock wastewaterThe effectiveness of water lettuce in removing pollutants including organic pollutants, nitrogen (NH3-N) and total phosphorus (TP) from livestock wastewater along with the physiological effects and their correlations, was studied for the first time. The results showed that the water lettuce had higher removal efficiency with low concentrations of livestock wastewater. The removal efficiency of ...
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Interspecies variation of forage nutritive value and nonstructural carbohydrates in perennial cool-season grasses
Knowledge of grass genotypes nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) variation is one component to be considered when developing a successful forage and livestock management program. The objective of this study was to determine variations in concentrations of NSC, crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and acid detergent fiber (ADF) among perennial cool-season grasses grown in the southern ...
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More water flows from Western Sudan as virtual water than the flow of the River Nile in former Sudan
This study argues that by mobilising ‘social resources’, communities in water-scarce, semi-arid areas can not only successfully sustain a livelihood, but they can also play an important role in the water budget of their semi-arid regions. The pastoralist communities in the Darfur region of west Sudan utilise the limited volumes of green – root-zone – water in the soil to rear livestock. They ...
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