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Agriculture & Environment: Livestock

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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.

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Opinions and Analysis

A worker tries to lift a weak cow from among the carcasses of drought-stricken livestock 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 | EN

Teaching co-researchers how to interpret aerial photographs Rangeland management must listen to locals

South Africa must build bottom-up needs-based policies for communal livestock grazing, says agricultural researcher Monique Salomon.

2 June 2010 | EN | FR


News and Features

Pashmina goats, Ladakh, India 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 | EN

Banana farmer in Burundi 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.

14 March 2012 | EN | FR