The cultivation-cattle complex in Western Darfur

Wilson, R.T.; Bailey, L.; Hales, JW; Moles, D.; Watkins, A.E.

doi:10.1016/0308-521x(80)90003-7

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“…There were very few births in August-December. Weights in all age classes were lowest in the late hot dry and highest at the start of the cool dry season [4,10]. Seasonal changes in weight reflect not only the capacity for compensatory gain -of which advantage can be taken in fattening operations -but also the genetic potential for resilience to environmental stress.…”

Section: Cattlementioning

confidence: 99%

Livestock in the Republic of the Sudan: Policies, production, problems and possibilities

Wilson¹

2018

Anim Husb Dairy Vet Sci

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This paper reviews some major aspects of the livestock sector in the Republic of the Sudan. The country has one of the largest livestock populations in Africa. Cattle, sheep, goats, and camels provide milk and meat for local consumption and meat and live animals for export. Ruminants also provide ancillary functions including draught and transport, produce manure and act as a store of wealth. In spite of their importance to the national economy livestock do not receive sufficient attention in government policies and financing. Almost all animals are owned by smallholder farmers or traditional pastoralists. Livestock feed is often in deficit in relation to needs and crop by-products and range vegetation are fibrous and of low nutritional value. Livestock are affected by a multitude of diseases but receive little health care. Access to finance by producers is difficult and credit is limited and expensive if obtainable. Services to the sector are not adequately funded and are generally poorly equipped. Livestock output is low in relation to numbers and to the sector's potential. Some suggestions are made for the improvement of performance that will add value to the sector and contribute to people's livelihoods.

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Section: Cattlementioning

confidence: 99%

Livestock in the Republic of the Sudan: Policies, production, problems and possibilities

Wilson¹

2018

Anim Husb Dairy Vet Sci

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“…is another major agroforestry species of inestimable value as medicine, food for people and feed for animals and has the peculiarity of losing its leaves during the rains rather than during the dry season so does not inhibit the growth of crops (Fig. 20) [29,30]. Figs (Ficus spp.)…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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The Botany of Mungo Park’s Travels in Africa, 1795-1806

Wilson

2019

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Mungo Park journeyed through West Africa during 1795-1797 and 1805-1806. The first journey was ostensibly purely geographical whereas the second journey was geographical plus the examination of British trade possibilities with the interior. His main brief was to discover the source and outlet of the River Niger. On both journeys he departed from the current Gambia, through Senegal and Mali the first time, and on to Niger and Nigeria the second. He was the first European to see the Niger, at Segou (Mali), and noted its eastward flow (prior speculation considered it flowed westwards). Botany was not in his brief but on both journeys he noted the vegetation and its use. He brought new facts to Britain’s intellectual establishment including describing the preparation of indigo dye and its use in spinning and weaving. His ‘discovery’ of the shea butter tree – given the specific epithet Butyrospermum parkii – is his outstanding contribution to botany. He also contributed to science the locust bean Parkia biglobosa and another indigenous multipurpose tree Pterocarpus erinaceus. Many of Park’s plants are important in regional agroforestry systems and continue to provide food and non wood forest products to the benefit of people and livestock.

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“…It was only at the beginning of the present decade that serious attention began to be paid to local farming systems in the Jebel Marra area (Wilson et al, 1980). This resulted in the financing of the Jebel Marra Rural Development Project (JMRDP) by the EEC which, by supporting adaptive research and extension, has aimed to increase the productivity and income of farmers cultivating the relatively fertile wadi alluvium and volcanic soils in the more humid areas of western Darfur.…”

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confidence: 99%