Traditional cattle-husbandry systems in Eritrea: cattle–man relationships |
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| Authors: | G Andom M K Omer> |
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| Institution: | a Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, 1162, Asmara, Eritrea;b College of Agriculture and Aquatic Sciences, University of Asmara, 1220, Asmara, Eritrea |
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| Abstract: | Through surveys and participatory rural appraisal methods, the study documents the traditional cattle-husbandry systems in both the mixed crop–livestock system in the highlands and the pastoral system in the lowlands in Eritrea. Herding, grazing, breeding strategies, heat detection, milking letdown, food habits, marketing, housing and traditional veterinary practices are described in each system. The pastoral system is based on large, mobile, predominantly female herds that go for long-range grazing and cattle are mainly kept for milk and milk products. In the highland farming communities, cattle are sedentary, relatively fewer, predominantly male and are mainly kept to provide energy for agricultural purposes. |
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| Keywords: | cattle husbandry Eritrea indigenous knowledge population practices |
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