Animal Traction for Agricultural Development
Animal Traction for Agricultural Development

Author: West Africa Animal Traction Network. Workshop

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 490

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This book contains the reports of the workshops given and the papers prepared for the workshops. The first part of this book summarizes workshop activities and conclusions. The second part of this volume contains 60 edited papers in which technical, social and economic aspects of animal traction are presented and analysed

Animal Power in Farming Systems
Animal Power in Farming Systems

Author: Fadel Ndiamé

Publisher: Vieweg+teubner Verlag

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 368

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Conference report on the use of animal traction in farming in developing countries - reports of field studies, summary of group discussions, economic evaluation, sociological aspects, research and development. Diagrams, photographs.

Project Paper
Project Paper

Author: United States. Agency for International Development. Bureau for Africa

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages:

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Improving Animal Traction Technology
Improving Animal Traction Technology

Author: Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa. Workshop

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 492

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The profitability of animal traction. The management of draft animals. Animal-powered tillage and weeding technology. The supply and distribution of implements for animal traction women and animal traction technology. The transfer of animal traction technology. Animal-powered transport. Diversifyng operations using animal power. Country experiences and constraints.

Meeting the Challenges of Animal Traction
Meeting the Challenges of Animal Traction

Author: Paul Starkey

Publisher: Resource Book of the Animal Tr

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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This new resource book provides a wealth of ideas and experiences concerning animal traction in many countries. This publication has been developed from the ATNESA workshop held in Kenya on 'meeting the challenges of animal traction' and draws together key papers and contributions from professionals in 27 different countries. The papers address a number of important challenges to animal traction that relate to participation, environment, gender, extension, transport, equipment and animal husbandry. In addition, several papers describe national-level challenges and project attempts to address these. It will be of great value to all those concerned with the development of animal power, tropical agricultural development and rural transport, especially those involved in participative research, training, extension, development, planning, gender issues and project implementation.

The Origins and Development of African Livestock
The Origins and Development of African Livestock

Author: Roger Blench

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-01-27

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 1135434158

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This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.