Livestock farming is a livelihood activity and critically important for the food nutritional security of majority population in West African countries, including Senegal. Nevertheless, livestock operates far below optimum production potential, mainly due to demographical, biophysical, economic, environmental, sociopolitical challenges. To address these issues, we conducted this review with an o...

New stable carbon (?13C) and nitrogen (?15N) isotope values of charred plant bone collagen remains from 6th mill. BCE Halai, central Greece, together with datasets Kouphovouno, southern later 6th/early 5th Makriyalos, northern demonstrate how early farming communities in mainland Greece adapted mixed strategies to distinct local environmental cultural settings. Intra-site similarities differenc...

A heat-intolerance (HI) syndrome in cattle in Tanzania was suspected to be associated with previous, clinical foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). A participatory appraisal (PA) method called "matrix scoring" was used to explore livestock-keeper perceptions of association between HI and cattle diseases. A PA method called 'proportional piling' was used to estimate herd incidence of FMD and other disea...

The south central Andes is known as a region of enduring multiethnic diversity, yet it is also the cradle of one the South America's first successful expansive-state societies. Social structures that encouraged the maintenance of separate identities among coexistent ethnic groups may explain this apparent contradiction. Although the early expansion of the Tiwanaku state (A.D. 600-1000) is often...

The glacier- and snow-fed river basins of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) mountains provide water to 1.9 billion people in Asia. signs climate change HKH are clear, with increased warming accelerated melting snow glaciers. This threatens water, food, energy livelihood security for many links between plains differential impacts on societies upstream downstream need be better established improve ad...

Integration of perennial grass species into the current food production systems, especially in agropastoral regions worldwide, may produce multiple benefits including, among others, a more stable productivity and smaller eco-environmental footprint. However, one fundamental challenges facing large-scale adoption such is their ability to withstand vagaries winter these regions. Here, we present ...