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Course: Promotion of Livestock in Tropical Environments (4908-421)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.
Persons:
Type of Course:
lecture with exercise and seminar
In-Class Hours Per Week:
5
Contents:

The module introduces and discusses the links between livestock production and development. Aims, concepts and priorities of livestock development (depending on region and production system), and measures of animal husbandry and breeding are discussed. Further, the module highlights the contribution of livestock to sustainable development goals and global sustainability. Development approaches of different organizations (IOs, GOs, and NGOs) are illustrated and discussed. The students receive a tutorial in the use of participatory methods for research and development projects. Students are involved in a workshop covering methodologies for project planning and evaluation based on existing projects. Knowledge and methods applied within this module are equally relevant for students interested in both animal production and in the promotion of agricultural development programmes with a livestock component.

Literature:

Ørskov, E.R. (1993): Reality in development aid: with emphasis on livestock. Rowett Research Services, Aberdeen.
Simpson, J.R. (1984): Livestock development in Subsaharan Africa: constraints, prospects, policy. Westview Press, Boulder.
In addition: Gall, C. (1999): Förderung der Tierproduktion. In: Horst, P., Reh, I. (Eds.): Handbuch der Landwirtschaft und Ernährung in Entwicklungsländern. Band 5: Tierzucht in den Tropen und Subtropen. Ulmer, Stuttgart, pp 139-152.

Learning material will be available in the "Skriptenbuero" of the AStA and on ILIAS. Materials have to be read in advance to enable discussion.

Location:
Hohenheim
Remarks:

This module is also suitable for third year BSc students.

Module:
eLearning:
Course in ILIAS

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