Policy concepts; Identification of policy issues; Production systems, supply and demand; Market, price and trade policies; Marketing and distribution systems; Budget and manpower planning; Land tenure police for the livestock sector; Policy analysis report writing and communication; Livestock production and marketing in alphabeta - a case study.

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

Comment observer son troupeau ? Qules signes observer ? Quelles décisions prendre ? Grâce à cet ouvrage et les méthodes proposées, les auteurs donnent aux élèves des clés pour : comprendre le comportement des bovins, améliorer leur bien-être, garantir le maintien ou l'amélioration des performances techniques et la qualité de la production. Cette nouvelle version de l'ouvrage qui a connu un véritable succès depuis sa première parution, intègre de nouveaux chaîtres et paragraphes pour mieux intégrer les enjeux des changements climatiques sur le comportement des troupeaux, mais aussi mieux tenir compte des capacités cognitives des bovins dans la gestion de l'élevage au quotidien. Les apports théoriques sont rès bien éclairés par des situations d'élevage permettant de déceler l'ensemble des anomalies les plus courantes (changement de comportement, perturbations métaboliques, boiteries...). Pour chaque cas, le lecteur trouvera des solutions et pourra en inventer de nouvelles grâce à des grilles d'analyse, véritable outil d'aide à la décision pour l'éleveur.

This volume contains 44 papers and 2 abstracts from a international conference on African small ruminants research and development. eleven papers and 1 abstract deal with the importance of small ruminant production systems and economics. Another 11 describe and analyse feed resources and feeding systems and there are 6 papers on reproductive problems and their solutions. Seven papers and 1 abstract review the prevalent health problems under various management systems and present the solutions to these production constraints. The last 9 papers deal with breeds, breeding systems and breed improvement.

Can we unlock resilience to climate stress by better understanding linkages between the environment and biological systems? Agroclimatology allows us to explore how different processes determine plant response to climate and how climate drives the distribution of crops and their productivity. Editors Jerry L. Hatfield, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, and John H. Prueger have taken a comprehensive view of agroclimatology to assist and challenge researchers in this important area of study. Major themes include: principles of energy exchange and climatology, understanding climate change and agriculture, linkages of specific biological systems to climatology, the context of pests and diseases, methods of agroclimatology, and the application of agroclimatic principles to problem-solving in agriculture.