Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective

Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective

How to document traditional knowledge about animal breeds and livestock management.
Describes the threats to indigenous breeds of livestock, and how to document them as a first step in conserving them in collaboration with the communities where they evolved. Manual produced with support from GTZ.

  • Title: Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective
  • Author: LPPS and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson / Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan / 2005
  • Description: How to document traditional knowledge about animal breeds and livestock management
  • Format: Zip
  • Pages: 80

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