Camel prices on the rise; numbers on the decline

Camel prices are rising in Rajasthan, in India’s arid west. But camel numbers have declined significantly, says a news story in The Hindu on 29 April 2008.

“The spiralling fuel prices changed it all,” says the leading Indian daily.

“In the past three years the price a camel can fetch when sold went up at least by three times. The camels are replacing tractors,” the paper quotes LIFE Network member Ilse Koehler-Rollefson.

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Contributed by site admin on 30 April 2008

Map of Pakistan’s pastoralists and their livestock breeds

Pakistan is home to many different groups of pastoralists. Each group has developed its own breeds of camels, cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys.

Now Abdul Raziq, President of the NGO SAVES and member of the Department of Livestock Management at the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, has produced a brief illustrated guide to some of these unique breeds.

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Contributed by site admin on 29 April 2008

From heirloom to unique selling point

An international seminar on The Camel in Rajasthan: From Heirloom to Unique Selling Point will be held in Jaipur on 7-8 April 2008.

International and Indian camel experts and Rajasthan camel breeders will discuss ways to promote camel husbandry in Rajasthan.

The seminar will address two themes: developing the dairy potential of camels, and a strategy for making Rajasthan camel-friendly.

The seminar will take place at the Hotel Jai Mahal, Ajmer Road, Jaipur. It is organized by LIFE Network member Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS) with support from the Ford Foundation.

More information

LPPS head office: tel. 02934-285086, mobile 9414818564, email lpps@sify.com

Jaisalmer office: tel. 02992-250652, 254452, email camelherds@yahoo.co.in
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Contributed by site admin on 30 March 2008

Regional level workshop on Traditional Livestock Keepers, Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation of Livestock Breeds

The Tamil Nadu-based NGO SEVA and the LIFE Network, in collaboration with the Indian National Biodiversity Authority, are organizing a one-day Regional Workshop on Traditional Livestock Keepers, Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation of Biodiversity on 22 Feb 2008.

Themes

  • Common property resources, forests, farming system and livestock grazing
  • Holistic conservation of Forest biodiversity and domesticated animal biodiversity
  • Livestock keepers and Indigenous Knowledge
  • Awareness generation on the importance local livestock breeds
  • Conservation & Development of Traditional Pasture land (Korangadu)
  • Capacity building & Training of Livestock Keepers

Tentative schedule
10 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

  • Registration
  • Welcome Address
  • Presidential Address by Chairman of National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai.
  • Inaugural Address by Forest Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Govt.
  • Brief report on status of the breed, work initiated by breeders groups and problems associated with breed conservation
  • Government Policies and Livestock Keepers Rights by Dr. Arivudai Nambi, MSSRF, Chennai.
  • Presentation by 5 breeders groups from 5 locations
  • Group Discussion on preparing breed wise local action plan for breed conservation
  • Presentation on group discussion
  • Concluding session and policy recommendations

Participants

  • About 75
  • Representatives of pastoralists/herders groups, NGOs, experts in animal genetic resources

Place and date
Friday 22 Feb 2008
Pillars Training Centre, Nagamalai Pudukottai, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
(8 km from Madurai Railway Station/Periyar bus stand)

Contact
P. Vivekanandan, SEVA, 45, T.P.M.Nagar, Virattipathu, Madurai - 625 010, Tamil Nadu, India
Phone: 0452 - 238 09 43 / 238 00 82, 238 3619 ®
Email : vivekseva@dataone.in

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Keepers of Genes film available

Keepers of Genes, a 28-minute documentary produced by award-winning filmmaker Moving Images, documents the role played by pastoralists in preserving animal biodiversity and the key issues confronting them today.

The film accompanies a 2007 book, Keepers of genes: The interdependence between pastoralists, breeds, access to the commons, and livelihoods, by Ilse Koehler-Rollefson and the LIFE Network.

Order copies of the film and book from the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, or the film from Moving Images

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Contributed by site admin on 10 December 2007

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