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Pastoral coping and adaptive management strategies to climate change in communal areas in Namibia and South Africa
Climate change has brought about credible changes in arid landscapes which have resulted in further challenges for pastoralists who require …
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Adaptive pastoralists—Insights into local and regional patterns in livelihood adaptation choices among pastoralists in Kenya
Abstract Pastoralist adaptation strategies have to address multiple, overlapping, and often inter-related processes of socio-ecological change. The present study addresses …
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Benefits, concerns and prospects of using goat manure in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Livestock production has undergone an industrial revolution over the past few decades. This has resulted in the enormous generation …
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Correction: One health insights into pastoralists’ perceptions on zoonotic diseases in Ethiopia: perspectives from South Omo Zone of SNNP Region
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Determinants of agro-pastoralists’ willingness to pay for improved contagious caprine pleuropneumonia vaccine in Kenya
Abstract Animal health care is critical for livestock production especially in arid and semi-arid areas where majority are agro-pastoralists. Contagious …
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Mobile health service as an alternative modality for hard-to-reach pastoralist communities of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia
Abstract Background Mobile Health Service (MHS) has been introduced as an alternative strategy to make health care services easily accessible …
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Temporal climate conditions and spatial drought patterns across rangelands in pastoral areas of West Guji and Borana zones, Southern Ethiopia
Abstract Climate change and its variability adversely impact pastoral livelihoods, and understanding climate variability and its change is important to …
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Integration and adoption of climate resilient management practices for enhanced productivity of sheep and goats in pastoral communities of Northern Kenya
Abstract Interventions to improve productivity in pastoral livestock systems of northern Kenya focus on the management of the rangeland resources …
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One health insights into pastoralists’ perceptions on zoonotic diseases in Ethiopia: perspectives from South Omo Zone of SNNP Region
Abstract Zoonotic diseases negatively impact pastoral communities in Ethiopia. In addition to impacts on human health, the interaction between people, …
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Enteric methane output and weight accumulation of Nguni and Bonsmara cows raised under different grazing conditions
Abstract Several experts throughout the world have focused a lot of their research on the rise in methane concentrations in …
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Identification of the feed supplements commonly utilised by communal beef cattle farmers during the dry season at Ga-Matlala, Limpopo province
Abstract A survey was carried out to identify the feed supplements commonly utilised by communal beef cattle farmers and investigate …
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Suburban pastoralists: Pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban interface in Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract How does urban expansion interact with pastoral climate change adaptation? This article explores pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban …
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Dynamics of pastoral conflicts in eastern Rift Valley of Ethiopia: Contested boundaries, state projects and small arms
Abstract This article examines the conflict dynamics among the pastoralists in the eastern Rift Valley in Ethiopia. It focuses on …
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Pastoralists’ and agro-pastoralists’ livelihood resilience to climate change-induced risks in the Borana zone, south Ethiopia: Using resilience index measurement approach
Abstract This study was conducted in the Borana zone, Oromia region, southern Ethiopia, with the aim of analysing the livelihood …
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Smallholder dairy producers’ participation in dairy marketing in Southern Omo Zone, Ethiopia
Abstract Dairy market development has been hampered by multi-faceted problems such as low adoption of improved technologies, absence of clear …
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Nomadic pastoralists' experience accessing reproductive and maternal healthcare services in low and middle-income countries: A contextual scoping review
Abstract Globally, discriminately vulnerable and marginalized groups, such as nomadic pastoralist populations, have perhaps the least access to reproductive and …
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Indigenous weather forecasting among Gujii pastoralists in southern Ethiopia: Towards monitoring drought
Abstract Indigenous weather forecasting (IWF) is practised by various communities around the world. Access to meteorological weather forecasting is limited …
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A study on the productivity and mortality rates of native and blended goats in Dodoma, Tanzania
Abstract The focus of breeding animals such as goats has been to increase productivity and other benefits from domestic animals. …
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Land, sugar and pastoralism in Ethiopia: Comparing the impact of the Omo-Kuraz sugar projects on local livelihoods and food (in) security in the lower Omo Valley
Abstract This study assesses the impact of a large, state-sponsored sugar plantation scheme on agro-pastoralists’ livelihoods and local land use …
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Undernutrition and its associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in pastoral communities of Afar Regional State, northeast Ethiopia
Abstract Background Maternal malnutrition during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriages and foetal deaths, pre-term delivery, and maternal mortality. However, …