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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Animal traction
ISBN : PSU:000011559412
Author : Prabhu L. Pingali,Yves Bigot,Hans P. Binswanger,Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : UCAL:B4511915
The slow pace of agricultural mechanization in Africa has long been a puzzle. This book begins to solve the puzzle by looking at the conditions in sub-Saharan Africa that have led to only sporadic use of the plow rather than the hand hoe, very limited use of tractors and even oxen, and the failure of many projects seeking to move directly from hand hoes to tractors. The authors interviewed farmers at fifty sites in ten countries. They found that the pace of mechanization has been slow in Africa because it often is not cost effective. Among the issues discussed in the book are : (a) the effect on yields of substituting plows for hoes; (b) the cost-effectiveness of using draft animals as opposed to tractors; (c) conditions under which tractors can be used more efficiently than oxen; and (d) the negative consequences of government interventions to encourage the use of tractors beyond what is economically justified.
Author : Peter Munzinger
Publisher : Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Agricultural implements
ISBN : MINN:319510000528021
Author : Paul Starkey,Pascal Kaumbutho
Publisher : Resource Book of the Animal Tr
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028889462
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.
Author : Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa. Workshop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Agricultural implements
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073941803
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.
Author : Paul Starkey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Agricultural information networks
ISBN : OCLC:34884190
Author : International Livestock Centre for Africa
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Animal industry
ISBN : 9290530960
Author : John McIntire,Daniel Bourzat,Prabhu L. Pingali
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008713682
This book is the result of a collaborative research effort between the World Bank and the International Livestock Centre for Africa. It extends previous work on agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in Africa by seeking to answer a number of basic questions about the integration of crops and livestock in sub - Saharan Africa. Those questions include the role of mixed farming in promoting agricultural growth, the appropriate points at which to encourage the use of animals as sources of farm power, the contribution of animals to improving the poor fertility of African soils, the efficacy of different methods to better livestock nutrition, and the economic returns to incorporating livestock production on small farms. While many individual studies have analyzed such issues in the past, this book is the first comprehensive review of existing knowledge which offers general explanations of crop-livestock relations with respect to both economic and technical features of African agriculture. In doing so, experimental evidence is carefully synthesized and examined in light of field visits to thirty-three different sites through the major agroclimates of sub - Saharan Africa. The detailed empirical nature of the book permits specific conclusions to be drawn for different farming systems, while its comparisons across those systems allow broad explanations of contrasting crop-livestock interactions.
Author : Heribert Schmitz,Mathias Sommer,Sabine Walter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063126738
General factors influencing the use of draft animals. Features of draft animal husbandry. Aspects of implement use. Case studies: West Africa. Case study: Brazil.
Author : Paul Starkey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : CORNELL:31924062771484
Author : West Africa Animal Traction Network. Workshop,Paul Starkey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Animal traction
ISBN : CORNELL:31924062757269
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
Author : R.A. Pearson,P. Lhoste,M. Saatamoinen,W. Martin-Rosset
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789086865185
This book covers many of the recent research observations on the management and use of working animals in tropical agricultural systems. Studies of oxen, donkeys and camels in sub-Saharan Africa, cows and donkeys in Ethiopia, buffaloes in Vietnam, camels in Libya and horses and donkeys in Southern Italy are some of the topics included. Technical issues in nutritional requirement, feeding, management, health, implement, work practices and harnessing are discussed and the contribution that working animals continue to make in many agricultural and transport activities are quantified. The book is a valuable source of reference materials on draught animal technology. It is a must for any scientist, student or extension worker in rural and urban areas where animal power is found.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,African Union
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251308714
This framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.
Author : Fadel Ndiamé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89032890246
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.
Author : James R Simpson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429716430
The nations of Subsaharan Africa experienced declining levels of food production per capita throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in the area of livestock production. Addressing that problem, the authors of this book assess in a systems context the environmental, biological, and social constraints on future African livestock development and consider prospects for improving productivity, They focus especially on changes needed in production and marketing systems, pointing to important policy considerations . The book is divided into four parts containing twenty-one chapters, each authored by one or more respective authorities in his or her field. Each section in its own way addresses the entire set of questions; topics include aspects of animal breeding and nutrition, anthropology, economics, ecology, farming systems, governmental policy, land tenure, marketing, modelling, and veterinary medicine.
