Managing Livestock Sustainably – March 2002 – Issue 4.1

 

4 Livestock production: industrial or integrated?
Editorial

6 The ‘Livestock Revolution’ and its impact on
smallholders
Leah Garcés

9 Optimising livestock strategies in Bolivian mixed farming systems
Katrien van ’t Hooft

11 Optimising climate-soil-pasture-cattle interactions in Brazil
Ana Primavesi and Odo Primavesi

13 Integrated systems: the experiences from CIPAV in Colombia
Enrique Murgueitio

15 AZOLLA – A sustainable feed substitute for livestock

P. Kamalasanana Pillai, S. Premalatha S. Rajamony

18 Adaptation of the zero grazing concept by Luo farmers in Kenya
Nelson A.R. Mango

20 The Cuban experience in integrated crop-livestocktree farming
Fernando Funes-Monzote and Marta Monzote

22 Dutch dairy farmers find own solutions to their environmental problems
Willem van Weperen en Henk Kieft

24 What happens when the river runs dry?
Viengsavanh Phimphachanhvongsod, Peter Horne
and Werner Stür

26 NGOs role in Livestock Improvement – A case of ANTHRA
Nitya Ghotge and Sagari Ramdas

27 Para Technicians as Alternative Veterinary Service for Livestock Management
M.J. Chandre Gowda and R.K. Samanta

29 The Narayana Reddy Column Polyculture of animal husbandry
L. Narayana Reddy

30 Sources

32 Websites

34 Books

36 Backyard Rabbit Rearing: A Viable Option for Resource Poor Farmers
D. Puthira Prathap and K. Narayanan

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