Development of Herder Alliances in the Gobi Region of Mongolia
Abstract: In 2006, a collaborative pilot project was initiated in Mongolia to test the applicability of developing herder alliances based on the model of North American […]
- Date of Publication: January 2008
- Author(s): E. Bayarmaa; S. Bayarmagnai; Dennis Sheehy
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Productivity
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Can Collective Action and Capacity Building Reduce Vulnerability Among Settled Pastoralists?
Abstract: In 2001 PARIMA and her partners began to create collective-action groups among illiterate, settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. These groups–dominated by women–focused on savings-led microfinance, […]
- Date of Publication: December 2007
- Author(s): D. Layne Coppock; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru; Seyoum Tezera
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
Educational Investments in a Dual Economy
Abstract: We present a simple two-period, dual-economy model in which migration options may affect the informal financing of educational investments. When credit contracts are universally available […]
- Date of Publication: 2007
- Author(s): Andrew G. Mude; Christopher B. Barrett; John G. McPeak; Cheryl R. Doss
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
3G: Compilation of research that quantifies and documents the role of rangelands on greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration
Resulting from research conducted by the completed GL-CRSP Projects LDRCT and Co-Benefits of Grassland Regeneration of Abandoned Wheat Areas for Carbon Sequestration, the 3G project will […]
- Start Date: 2006
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: 3G
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Global
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
Cashmere Training Workshop
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: April 2005
- Author(s): Not Available
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
AFS: Avian Flu School Assessment
Response to the current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) global animal health emergency requires the training of veterinarians, public health workers, laboratory scientists, livestock producers, wildlife […]
- Start Date: 2005
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: AFS
- Lead University: University of California - Davis
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Health and Nutrition
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
Can Formal Education Enhance Risk Management for Pastoralists? The Case of the Il Chamus of Baringo District, Kenya, 1980-2002
Abstract: The impacts of formal education in pastoral communities are not well understood. With few exceptions, little systematic research has been conducted, in part because education […]
- Date of Publication: August 2004
- Author(s): Peter D. Little; Abdillahi A. Aboud; Clement Lenachuru
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Publication
LITEK : Livestock Trade in Ethiopia and Kenya
The LITEK project was developed to synthesize results of recent research about livestock marketing in eastern Africa. The project produced the book, ”Pastoral Livestock Marketing in […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2008
- Project Code: LITEK
- Lead University: Cornell University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building, Markets
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
LINKS : Livestock Information Network & Knowledge System for Enhanced Pastoral Livelihoods in East Africa
The LINKS project developed from the GL-CRSP Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) project, which was established in 1997. The LEWS project developed and applied a suite […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2009
- Project Code: LINKS
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Capacity Building
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
GOBI : Forage Monitoring Technology to Improve Risk Management by Herders in the Gobi Region of Mongolia
The GOBI FORAGE project was initiated in 2004 to adapt Livestock Early Warning System (LEWS) technologies developed by the GL-CRSP in east Africa for Mongolia to […]
- Start Date: 2004
- End Date: 2008
- Project Code: GOBI
- Lead University: Texas A&M University
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Capacity Building, Innovation
CRSP: Global Livestock
Database: Project
