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Katrien van 't HooftIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
Cysticercosis is one of the most dangerous diseases caused by a parasite that passes from animals to human beings. It is most prevalent in the rural areas of developing countries, from where it can become a threat in urban areas too. Cysticercosis is closely related to economic standards, culture and aspects of hygiene. Latin America, non-Islamic parts of Africa and South East Asia and especially India face major problems with this disease. In this article the author describes cysticercosis that originates from pigs (Cysticercosis cellulosae) in Bolivia, South America.
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Adriano MantovaniIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
Zoonoses have been defined by WHO (1959) as 'Those disease and infections (the agents of) which are naturally transmitted between (other) vertebrate animals and man'. Recently the concept has been enlarged with the following proposal: 'Any detriment to the health and/or quality of human life deriving from relationships with (other) vertebrate or edible or toxic invertebrate animals', Mantovani 2000).
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Alain Santandreu, Gustavo Castro & Fernando RoncaIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
At the end of the 19th century, Sansón Carrasco (nom de plume of Daniel Muñoz, 1849-1930), reported on pigs being bred with household wastes. His chronicles are still valid today. For instance, in his article "Trash" (1883), he writes:
"...and in the depressions, and on the beach, pigs and more pigs, and always pigs everywhere you look, some of them feeding, some stretched out without a care in the world, others grunting as they get a glimpse of me, as if upset by my intrusion in their domain..."
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Geoffrey Poynter and Denis FieldingIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
Kumasi is Ghana's second largest city after Accra and is the capital of the Ashanti Region. Kumasi is located in the south-central part of the country 100 miles inland from the coast and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is responsible for a population of some 700,000 to 1 million people. The survey reported here was undertaken as an MSc project by the senior author, in 1999 with the aim of characterising urban livestock keeping in Kumasi and identifying the problems encountered by livestock keepers.
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Pay Drechsel, Robert C. Abaidoo, Philip Amoah and Olufunke O. CofieIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
Livestock production is a vital part of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Kumasi, where many crop farmers benefit from cheap poultry manure available in large quantities. However, with increasing competition for this resource, the manure is seldom stored long enough to prevent the contamination of food and water with pathogens. While the actual incidence of disease related to this contamination has not yet been assessed, interventions to prevent the spread of infection should focus first of all on the consumer household. Farmers' access to clean irrigation water is another important step but only makes sense if farmers' own practices do not contribute to water pollution.
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Azage Tegegne, Million Tadesse, Yoseph Mekasha and Alemu YamiIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
In this article a systems approach is used to describe urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Addis Ababa. These urban and peri-urban dairy production systems evolved to satisfy the increasing demand for milk in urban centres as a consequence of increasing urbanisation, rising per capita income and increasing cost of imported milk and milk products. They contribute to overall development through income and employment generation, food security, asset accumulation, poverty alleviation and improving human nutrition and health.
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Dick Foeken & Samuel O. OwuorIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
In a survey done in 1999, basic information was collected on urban farming practices in Nakuru, Kenya. The main aim was to obtain a general overview of urban agriculture in this town for the local authorities in the context of their town planning exercises. Part of the survey covered several aspects of livestock keeping.
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Safiétou Touré FallIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
The main agricultural cities of Senegal are located in the Niayes Zone. Production in this zone accounts for more than two thirds of the total horticultural production, and urban livestock is also well represented. Livestock keeping is well integrated into the production systems, in the form of waste recycling and animal traction. Considerable efforts are being made to restructure the production system in order to meet increasing demand for animal products. An exploratory study of the main agricultural systems in the Niayes Zone indicated that there is great diversity in farm products (fruit and vegetables as well as livestock) and also potential for further development. The main constraints to further development are the land tenure system, deterioration of natural resources, lack of organisation of farmers and minimal access to credit.
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Sara PantulianoIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
The Beja are a confederation of tribes united by a common language, TuBedawiye, and a common segmentary structure, each of which is linked to a common ownership and use of land. The three main tribes are the Amar'ar/Atmaan, the Bishariyyn and the Hadendowa, who mostly live in North-eastern Sudan between the Egyptian and the Eritrean borders, and all speak similar versions of TuBedawiye. This article describes the migration of Beja pastoralist labour to Port Sudan from Halaib Province (NE Sudan). It reviews the different livestock holdings that the Beja have in town and shows that, although most urban-based pastoralists live in great poverty, some manage to successfully exploit urban opportunities whilst continuing to engage in rural-based livelihood strategies.
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Johan BentinckIn: UA Magazine 2 - Livestock in and around cities
In the streets of urban India, many cows can be seen scavenging around. At first glance it may appear as though the cattle are an undisputed part of city life, but the case of Delhi shows that the issue is surrounded by controversy. The persistence of dairy farming in the city is related to how villages and their people become urbanised. Since 1951, about 140 villages have become completely incorporated into the city of Delhi (Census of India, 1991). Caste-specific economic traditions and constraints cause certain households to continue dairy farming despite the spatial constraints.
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