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The
Pastoralism Resource Centre
Is a web resource that features articles and news items aimed
at policy makers, NGOs, grassroots people, learning institutions
and researchers. It manages a moderated discussion forum, a database
of researchers, organizations, NGOs and academics working in pastoralism.
It highlights recent and on-going projects relevant to pastoralism.
Offers a facility for receiving highlights on pastoralism via
e-mail. Offers a search engine that can be used to search organizations
involved in pastoralism-related material.
Decentralised Livestock Services
in Eastern Indonesia (DELIVERI)
The Decentralised Livestock Services in Eastern Indonesia (DELIVERI)
programme aimed to develop and test more client-oriented and cost
effective livestock services, then use the results to convince
senior government policy makers to mainstream successful approaches
throughout the country. This section of the website describes
the programme, progress and impact.
Pastoral Development Network
The Pastoral Development Network represents a worldwide network
of researchers, administrators and extension personnel interested
in the issues of pastoralism and rangelands
Agtrade.org
This is a website aimed at educating the interested public about
current agricultural trade policy issues. In particular, the aim
to present the results of relevant research on recent issues in
a way that is understandable to a general audience.
Dry
lands research
Dry lands Research writes and co-ordinates policy-related research
on rural livelihoods and environmental management in semi-arid
tropical countries. The method used is that of analyzing long-term
change in economic and environmental decision-making by small
farmers and livestock producers, and setting these in the context
of population growth, climate change, migration and income diversification.
Ethnovetweb
This website is about how people around the world keep their animals
healthy and productive (ethnoveterinary medicine) and how development
can build on this information. The web has resources and links
to sources of information on indigenous knowledge and ethno botany
and plants.
International Centre for Insect
Physiology and Ecology( ICIPE)
The institution specialises in strategic basic and applied research
and development of environmentally sustainable and affordable
methods of managing tropical arthropod plant pests and disease
vectors
International Livestock
Research Centre (ILRI)
Research centre on livestock production, formed by the merger
of ILCA and ILRAD. It works to improve the well-being of people
in developing countries by enhancing the diverse and essential
contributions livestock make to smallholder farming
Kenya Pastoralist
Forum (KPF)
The Kenya Pastoralist Forum (KPF), is a programme within the Kenya
Human Rights Commission, though in practical terms it is autonomous,
that provides legal hosting to human rights groups that have been
denied registration by the Kenyan government.
Local Livestock for
Empowerment of Rural People (LIFE), League for Pastoral People
Focused on the erosion of domestic animal diversity and to promote
farmer/pastoralist-centered approaches to the conservation of
indigenous animal breeds.
Veterinary Information Service
(VIS)
The V.I.S. is an information service provided by the DIO Foundation
to individuals and organisations working in developing countries.
Consultative Group to Assist
the Poorest (CGAP)
CGAP is a consortium of 29 bilateral and multilateral donor agencies
who support microfinance. CGAP serves microfinance institutions,
donors and the microfinance industry through the development of
technical tools and services, the de-livery of training, strategic
advice and technical assistance, and action research on innovations.
The MicroFinance
Network (MFN)
MFN is a global association of leading microfinance practitioners.
The members of the Network are committed to improving the lives
of low-income people through the provision of credit, savings
and other financial services.
Arid
Lands Information Network (ALIN)- Eastern Africa
This is a network of Community
Development Workers (CDWs) who are involved in drylands development.
ALIN supports CDWs by encouraging the exchange of ideas, information
and their own experience on development work.
Coopers
Coopers is a pharmaceutical company
specialising in the marketing of animal healthcare products in
East Africa and beyond. Apart from sales and marketing, Coopers
also organises training programmes for farmers, professionals
and government extension workers on the proper use of drugs. It
holds regular seminars with the aim of bringing stakeholders together
to share ideas regarding livestock issues. The company has an
on-line newsletter that keeps farmers updated on emerging technologies
in animal health care being developed by its partners including
KARI.
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