The interest of consumers in farming activities is evident and agricultural producers have responded to this increasing interest in a number of ways, including inviting visitors to farm operations through tourism or farm visits. Livestock industries, in particular, are interacting with the public in numerous ways, including via marketing channels for their products, interacting with community l...

Introduction Recognizing the importance of livestock movements in the spread of contagious diseases, various countries in the world have developed livestock movement databases. Social network analysis techniques have recently been applied to study such databases as this technique has the advantage of allowing the study of the interactions among all pairs of livestock holdings that are formed fo...

Anthrax is hyper-endemic in West Africa. Despite the effectiveness of livestock vaccines in controlling anthrax, underreporting, logistics, and limited resources makes implementing vaccination campaigns difficult. To better understand the geographic limits of anthrax, elucidate environmental factors related to its occurrence, and identify human and livestock populations at risk, we developed pr...

the increase of reproduction performance is one of the critical factors for improving economic achievement and sustaining small and middle scale livestock producing. for this to happen, participatory research and extension programs should be implemented with the help of livestock producers. in the present study, the knowledge and attitudes of target livestock producers of ewe estrous synchroniz...

PREFACE This is the fifth of a series of " Working Papers " prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, more specifically protein for human diets, income, employ...