by UMPCU | Feb 7, 2018 | Literature
This book provides empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, and from different production systems, of the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and livestock product markets. It explores the issues of...
by UMPCU | Jan 10, 2018 | Literature
Cattle, like sheep, goats and alpacas are “ruminants”. Their digestive system is very different from humans, dogs and horses, the key difference being the presence of 4 stomachs (3 in alpacas), the first of which is called the rumen. The rumen contains a lot of...
by UMPCU | Dec 10, 2017 | Literature
Alessandra Galiè, a social scientist specializing in gender issues in agricultural research who now works in Nairobi, Kenya, at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), conducted her doctoral research in Aleppo, Syria, at ILRI’s sister CGIAR institution,...
