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Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa

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Title Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa
 
Creator Li Pun, H.H.
Baumgaertner, J.U.
Greiling, J.
Gopalan, H.
Jabbar, M.A.
Mares, V.
McDermott, John J.
Odiit, M.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
 
Subject natural resources
agriculture
human health
animal health
case studies
highlands
livestock
resource management
role of women
glossinidae
icipe
models
trypanosomiasis
consumption
animal products
gender
 
Description Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the developing world, including the East African highlands, the focus of this report. This report descibes recent experiences of two research centres with a global reach: the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). Both are currently conducting research in the East African highlands, based on holistic, participatory methods. Each centres strategy integrates activities intended to improve food security and nutrition, human and environmental health, asset building and farm income, through natural resource management (NRM) and higher crop and livestock productivit computer modelling is one of the research tools used to assess the potential impact of using better methods to manage soil nutrients, graze and feed animals, enhance livestock health and control tsetse flies and other vectors.
 
Date 2013-06-11T09:22:39Z
2013-06-11T09:22:39Z
2002
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier LEISA Magazine, Supplement;17(1): 17-20
1569-8424
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29169
 
Language en
 
Source LEISA Magazine