Hanan A. Abbasher1#, F. A. Ahmed2 and Asha K. Elkareb3
1 Animal Resources Research Corporation,
Federal Ministry of Animal Resources, Fisheries and Range-Sudan
2 Omdurman Ahlia University-P.O.Box (Private ) 10479 Khartoum, Sudan.
3Sudan Organization for Research and Development-Sudan.
Summary
A study was carried out in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of Western (North Kordofan) and Eastern (Kassala) States of Sudan to investigate Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of rural women in some livestock management parameters. The research examined women’s IK in feeding the pregnant animals, the small and sick animals as selected groups. The study had examined whether women supply these selected groups by special feed stuff and whether women traditionally know how to differentiate between the harmful and most nutritive plants in pasture. The study findings revealed that women in agro-pastoral communities had valuable IK in livestock feeding. However, it was documented that women in North Kordofan State were more knowledgeable in feeding different selected groups than those in Kassala State.
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