Livestock resources

Case studies

Council for the Development of Social Science Research (CODESRIA)
Rethinking pastoralism and African development: a case study of the Horn of Africa

FARM-Africa
Case studies

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Best practices series from FARM - Africa's Pastoralist Development Project in Kenya:

• Animal health
• Camel husbandry and production
• The mobile outreach approach
• Natural resource management
• Microenterprise development

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

• The case of smallholder dairying in Eastern Africa
• The relationship between collective action and intensification of livestock production: the case of Northeastern Burkina Faso

Heifer International
Stories from around the world

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Livestock news
• Livestock briefings
• Annual reports

Livestock, environment and development initiative (LEAD)
Case studies

Network for smallholder poultry development
Short success stories

Directories

Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative (LEAD)

• Animal science directory
• Animal science experts list

Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
People

E-conferences

Grassland and pasture crops e-conferences

Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative (LEAD)
E-conferences

E-newsletters

Animal Health Australia
Newsletters

Colorado State University
Department of Animal Sciences newsletter

FAO – Animal Production and Health Division
Newsletters

InfoAgrar News
Are livestock projects suited to promoting gender balanced development? - a capitalization of experiences

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
E-newsletter

Livestock, environment and development initiative (LEAD)
Electronic newsletter

Vetaid
Press releases

Evaluations

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Evaluation reports – by sector (livestock)
• Livestock development project in Pakistan – project performance audit report
• Third Livestock Development Project (Nepal) – Technical assistance completion report

Livestock, environment and development initiative (LEAD)
Evaluation of the impact of livestock management systems on the environment

World Bank

• Livestock in Africa: support for pastoralists – operations evaluation
• Mauritania - Second livestock project - operations evaluation
• Module 4 - Smallholder Dairy Production
• Lessons learned

Glossaries

International Fund for Agricutural Development (IFAD)
Livestock and rangeland glossary

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Grassland index

Networks

• International Network for Family Poultry Development - INFPD
• Network for smallholder poultry development
• ODI Pastoral Development Network
• Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA)
• Pastoral Development Network (PDN)
• Pastoral Resource Competition in Eastern Africa (OSSREA)
• Regional Animal Disease Surveillance and Control Network for North Africa, the Middle East and the Arab Peninsula (RADISCON)

Publications

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Livestock publications

Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
Publications

Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA)
Dossiers – Animal husbandry

Community-based Animal Healthcare
CAHNET Publications Guide

Department for International Development (DFID) – Animal health programme
Publications

Ethnovetweb
Publications

Farm Africa
Publications

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Livestock’s long shadow - environmental issues and options
• Pastoralism in the new millennium
• Publications
• The utilization of indigenous knowledge in range management and forage plants for improving livestock productivity and food security in the Maasai and Barbaig communities

Global Livestock Collaborative Research Support Program (GL-CRSP)
Publications

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Publications

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• Livestock services and the poor: a global initiative - Collecting, coordinating and sharing experiences
• Livestock services factsheet

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Recent publications

League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP)
Publications

NOMAD Recherche et Soutien International
Publications

Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA)
Publications

Rural policy and governance group
Publications and networks

The LIFE Initiative
Publications

World Bank
Enhancing control of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza in developing countries through compensation: issues and good practice
Publications

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

• Rangelands and livestock
• Ecological consequences of rangeland development in Masailand, East Africa

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
Thematic publications

Reports and working papers

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Dairy development for the resource poor - a comparison of dairy policies and development in South Asia and East Africa

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Livestock intensification and smallholders: a rapid reconnaissance of the Philippines hog and poultry sectors

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Agricultural extension reform in Africa: Insights and lessons from livestock disease control in South-West Ethiopia
• Policy options promoting market participation of smallholder livestock producers: a case study from The Philippines

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Livestock production - the twenty first century's food revolution (discussion paper on the donor community's role in securing a poverty oriented commercialization of livestock production in the developing world)

Training

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

• Training programmes
• Training materials
• Training database

Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
Courses

Community-based Animal Healthcare
CAHNET distance learning centre

Useful links

• Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA)
• Colorado State University – Department of Animal Science
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• Web based information services for agricultural research for development
• Development gateway topic search
• East African Livestock Early Warning System
• ELDIS Pastoralism resource guide
• Emergency Prevention System against transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases (EMPRES)
• Escuela Centroamericana de Ganadería (ECAG)
• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
• International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
• International information system for the agricultural sciences and technology (AGRIS)
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• Livestock Development Studies Group (LDSG)
• New South Wales (Australia) Department of primary industries
• Poverty mapping
• Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)
• Rural policy and governance group
• VetGate
• Vetwork UK
• Web based Information platform for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

Virtual library

Anancy
Virtual resource centre

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• FAO virtual library
• Grassland and pasture crops electronic library

Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative (LEAD)
LEAD digital library on animal science

Livestock Production Programme (LPP Fund)
Virtual library

Oklahoma State University

• Virtual livestock library
• Web-agri, the Agricultural Search Engine

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