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Item Better land-use decisions on the horizon with new Sustainable Rangeland Management toolkit(Brief, 2021-12-30) Evans, Monica; Louhaichi, MounirItem An introduction to rangeland management planning for integrated One Health operations(Report, 2021-12-15) Sircely, Jason A.; Eba, BedasaItem Targeting highland communal grassland management options(Report, 2021-10-30) Sircely, Jason A.; Eba, BedasaItem Rangeland health integration for improved One Health outcomes: Status and prospects(Report, 2021-11-15) Sircely, Jason A.; Eba, BedasaItem Rangeland restoration and monitoring for One Health in pastoral rangelands(Report, 2021-11-15) Sircely, Jason A.; Eba, BedasaItem Environmental management in smallholder dairy production in Tanzania: A training manual for agripreneurs and technical extension staff(Manual, 2021-09) Ngunga, David; Nzogela, Beatus; Kizima, Jonas; Mangesho, Walter E.; Maleko, David; Paul, Birthe K.Item CLEANED ex-ante environmental impact assessment of dairy production systems in Tanzania: Baseline validation workshop report (Arusha, Tanzania, 30-31 March 2021)(Report, 2021-08) Mangesho, Walter E.; Mukiri, Jessica; Ngunga, David; Nzogela, Beatus; Ngoteya, Godfrey; Omore, Amos O.; Notenbaert, An Maria Omer; Paul, Birthe K.Item Report of a CLEANED online awareness and training workshop or the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Program Digital Dairy Project Team19 August 2021(Report, 2021-09) Musau, Emmanuel Mwema; Paul, Birthe K.Item Assessing the environmental impacts of smallholder dairy intensification through improved feeding strategies in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania(Working Paper, 2021-07) Musau, Emmanuel Mwema; Mukiri, Jessica; Nzogela, Beatus; Paul, Birthe K.; Notenbaert, An Maria OmerItem Effect of biochar and legume biomass on Brachiaria brizantha cv. Xaraés growth parameters in Benin(Poster, 2021-09) Nambima, A.B.; Diogo, R.V.C.; Houehanou, T.D.; Paul, Birthe K.Item Farming systems and forage cultivation in Western Kenya and SNNPR Ethiopia: RHoMIS baseline survey report(Report, 2021-07) Waweru, Caroline; Paul, Birthe K.Item EthiopiaGrass: A novel approach to forage and food production, land restoration, and climate resilience in Ethiopia(Brochure, 2021) Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy; Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATItem Livestock sustainability research in Africa with a focus on the environment(Journal Article, 2021-09-06) Balehegn, Mulubrhan; Kebreab, Ermias; Tolera, Adugna; Hunt, Sarah; Ericksen, Polly J.; Crane, Todd A.; Adesogan, Adegbola T.Item Unpicking the Inter-relationships Between Off-Farm Livelihood Diversification, Household Characteristics, and Farm Management in the Rural Andes(Journal Article, 2021-08-19) Caulfield, Mark E.; Hammond, James; Fonte, Steven J.; Florido, M.A.; Fuentes, W.; Meza, K.; Navarrete, I.; Vanek, Steven J.; Wijk, Mark T. vanRural households across the world are increasingly turning to off-farm sources of income to complement or replace farm income. A better understanding of these livelihood adaptations, their consequences, and the processes behind them will facilitate more effective rural development policies and projects. The objective of this research was to examine how off-farm income influences rural livelihoods, elucidate factors that determine different livelihood strategies, as well as understand how these livelihood strategies are associated with different approaches to farm management. Using data from 588 Rural Household Multi-Indicator Surveys (RHoMIS) in three rural Andean regions in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, we identified a typology of farming household livelihood strategies, and assessed the differences among these household types with regard to household and farm level characteristics, and farm management. We found that among the household types that incorporated off-farm income into their livelihood strategies, there were significant differences in approaches to farm management. Specifically, we observed an increased use of industrialized farming techniques among one household type, a deintensification, or a stepping-out of farming activities in another household type, and a tendency toward livestock specialization in the other household type. Moreover, our findings revealed that household level characteristics (age and education level of head(s) of household, and household composition) played an important role in mediating which type of livelihood strategy the households employed. For example, “stepping-out” households generally had younger and more educated household heads. Location-specific factors such as access to markets, irrigation, and off-farm employment opportunities were also likely to be highly influential in terms of which pathways farming households adopted as their livelihood strategy. We conclude that rural development programmes and projects must be driven by the rural communities themselves taking into account this heterogeneity in household characteristics and livelihoods and engaging in the already advanced conversations around different approaches to farming and the conservation of common natural resources.Item Impact of COVID-19 on livestock exports from Somalia and the Horn of Africa(Journal Article, 2021-06-01) Banerjee, Rupsha R.; Cullis, Adrian; Flintan, Fiona E.; Wiggins, SteveItem A benchmarking framework for water use, soil health, land use, productivity, biodiversity, and climate change impacts of livestock modelled with CLEANED(Report, 2021-07) Bosire, Caroline K.; Notenbaert, An Maria Omer; Paul, Birthe K.Item CLEANED Environment Assessment of small ruminant production systems in Ethiopia: Baseline Validation Workshop Report.(Report, 2021-06-25) Ashagrie, Aemiro Kehaliew; Beraedo, Worku Bedeke; Mukiri, Jessica; Getachew, Tesfaye; Tigabie, Abiro; Haile, Aynalem; Mekonnen, Mesfin; Rischkowsky, Barbara A.; Notenbaert, An Maria OmerThe SmaRT pack project is the implementation of integrated approaches of small ruminant production and productivity improvement technologies of breeds through community-based breeding improvement, feed & nutrition, animal health, collective marketing, and environmental sustainability in Ethiopia. Part of the Livestock CRP operating in Menz,Bonga, Abergela and Doyogena. In the framework of this project, the Alliance of Biodiversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas, (ICARDA), together with their partners, are jointly working on Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment for Improved Nutrition, a Secured Environment and Sustainable Development (CLEANED) of the Small Ruminant value chain, in Menz, Bonga, Doyogena and Abergele, in Ethiopia. This report presents the discussions and outputs of the virtual CLEANED internal expert validation workshop that took place on Teams 25th June 2021. Due to the political unrest and COVID-19 situation in Ethiopia, this was an internal validation workshop. Together with experts from CIAT, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and ICARDA.The workshop aimed to validate the environmental impacts quantified by CLEANED for small ruminant systems in Ethiopia. CLEANED runs were carried out for Menz, Bonga, Doyogena and Abergele with key input data including farm inputs, herd composition and animal whereabouts. Based on these data, the model quantifies land use and water requirements, nutrient balances and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe). This is a first step in understanding environmental trade-offs in the modeled systems and forms the basis for designing systems with a reduced environmental footprint and that enhance ecosystem services.Item CLEANED ex-ante environmental impact assessment of pig production systems in Uganda: Baseline validation workshop report(Report, 2021-08) Rubayiza, Isaac; Mukiri, Jessica; Zaake, Paul; Lutakome, Pius; Ouma, Emily A.; Notenbaert, An Maria Omer; Paul, Birthe K.Item CLEANED – Internal validation workshop: Small ruminant value chain Ethiopia(Presentation, 2021-06-25) Aemiro Kehaliew, Ashagrie; Worku Bedeke, Beraedo; Mukiri, Jessica; Getachew, Tesfaye; Tigabie, Abiro; Haile, Aynalem; Rischkowsky, Barbara A.; Notenbaert, An Maria OmerItem Heat stress assessment stakeholder consultation in Zambia(Report, 2021-07) Mutua, John Y.; Sikaceya, NoahIncreases in temperature and humidity caused by climate change will cause heat stress and this is expected to have an influence on the East African dairy industry. Zambia is already experiencing moderate heat stress conditions and predictions point to the possibility of severe conditions in the future. This indicates that production-specific heat-stress adaptation techniques for enhancing heat tolerance are urgently needed for future dairy industry productivity in Zambia, as demand for animal products including milk and other dairy products is expected to rise in the country. Considering the heat stress mapping study for several livestock species conducted previously, the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock conducted an adaptation-planning workshop in Zambia under the auspices of the GIZ funded project “Towards climate-resilient dairy production in Southern Zambia”.