Indigenous knowledge of rural women in livestock management and feeding in some agro-pastoral communities of Sudan

Abstract

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.