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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.