Farm animal genetic resources: Safeguarding national assets for food security and trade

Summary of four workshops on livestock genetic resources held in Mozambique, Angola, Zambia and Swaziland.

  • Title: Farm animal genetic resources: Safeguarding national assets for food security and trade
  • Author: Ilse Köhler-Rollefson / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation / 2004
  • Description: Summary of four workshops
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  • Pages: 54

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    Indigenous knowledge about animal breeding, traditional communities and the State of the World Report

    Leaflet advocating that indigenous knowledge, pastoralists and other traditional livestock keeping communities be recognized in policies and databases on livestock.

  • Title: Indigenous knowledge about animal breeding, traditional communities and the State of the World Report
  • Author: League for Pastoral Peoples, Intermediate Technology Development Group East Africa, and Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan / League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development and Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network / Intermediate Technology Development Group / Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan / 2004
  • Description: Leaflet advocating that indigenous knowledge, pastoralists and other traditional livestock keeping
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  • Pages: 11

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    The black sheep of Rajasthan

    The Raika represent one of the largest groups of livestock herders in India. Through their innovativeness, flexibility and specialised knowledge, they have managed to thrive in a harsh, semi-desert environment. They have developed hardy livestock breeds and a complex social web that revolves around their animals. But external factors are pushing the Raika to the limits of their resourcefulness and threatening their livelihood with extinction.

  • Title: The black sheep of Rajasthan
  • Author: Ellen Geerlings / Seedling / 2004
  • Description: The Raika represent one of the largest groups of livestock herders in India
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  • Pages: 6

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