Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
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About 600 million of the rural poor in developing countries rely on livestock for their livelihoods — making issues about animal food and health, farming efficiency and market access vital to reducing poverty.
(Photo credit: FAO/R. Faidutti)
Opinions and Analysis
Better grazing practices hold key to Kenyan droughts
The current drought in northern Kenya has deep roots in the current practices of pastoralists that need to be addressed, says conservationist David Western.
5 August 2011
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Rangeland management must listen to locals
South Africa must build bottom-up needs-based policies for communal livestock grazing, says agricultural researcher Monique Salomon.
Livestock diversity needs genebanks too
21 May 2010
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News and Features
Cloned pashmina goat encourages conservation efforts
After cloning the pashmina goat, scientists are ready to replicate their success with other endangered animals in Kashmir.
10 April 2012
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Great Lakes ministers to revive agricultural research centre
Agriculture ministers from Burundi, DRC and Rwanda have agreed to renew funding for a research institute that has been dormant since 2009.
