Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, March 1999

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Calls

Calls for papers / abstracts

Animal traction into the 21 st century

ATNESA (Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa) and SANAT (South African Network of Animal Traction) are planning an international workshop at the eco-resort near Middleburg, in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The workshop will be held on 20-24 September 1999, and will be attended by farmers and by national and regional specialists in training, research, policy-making, development and extension related to animal traction. The aim will be to assess the need for improving the image, use and management of animal-traction technologies in the region, and to propose how farmers and entrepreneurs can be empowered to sustain and improve the use of animal traction for productive purposes into the 21 st century. The main theme of the workshop is Empowering farmers through animal traction. There are six sub-themes:

• Challenges of animal traction in the 21 st century
• Entrepreneurship development in animal traction
• Environmental issues and conservation tillage
• Participatory research, development and extension
• Training, education and policy issues
• Animal welfare, nutrition and management
• Supply and distribution of implements and rural transport
• The role of information technology and media in promoting animal traction.

The workshop organizing committee is now calling for papers on any of these themes. The official language of the work-shop will be English. Abstracts of papers and posters should therefore be prepared in English, and presentations must be submitted no later than 31 May 1999.
Please send abstracts to the workshop secretariat, Mr Bruce Joubert, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Fort Hare.
P/Bag X1314 Alice 5700, South Africa.
Tel.: +27-4060-22085/22125.
Fax: +27-4065-31730.
E-mail: Sanat@ufhcc.ufh.ac.za or to: Mr Richard Fowler at Rfowler@cedara1.agric.za.

Calls for expression of interest

International workshop on ethnoveterinary practices

The National Animal Production Research Institute of Ahmadu Bello University, in conjunction with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), plans to host a workshop on ethnoveterinary practices in sub-Saharan Africa. The workshop is scheduled for the second week in December 1999 at the Arewa House, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna (Nigeria). The workshop will be a forum for discussing and evaluating the main findings of an IDRC-supported project in Nigeria, and for comparing the findings with those of similar projects elsewhere in the world. It is hoped that insights will be gained which point the way to further research and suggest directions for development efforts. Lessons learned from the project should be of interest to other countries, especially within the region, and to other pastoral communities around the world. Participants and contributers are expected to include knowledgeable pastoralists and agropastoralists, research scientists, development workers and administrators, and representatives of NGOs and other relevant agencies.
The theme of the workshop is Ethnoveterinary practices, research, development and extension. There are six sub-themes:
1. Socio-cultural environment of ethnoveterinary practices
2. Disease profile and health management in traditional pastoral systems
3. Intellectual property rights, knowledge flow, empowerment and ethical consideration
4. Integrating indigenous and modern animal health and management practices
5. Methodological issues in ethno-veterinary research, development and extension
6. Future directions

At this time, we are looking for expressions of interest. Please provide the following information: your full name and a contact address; the organization or institution with which you are affiliated; the title of the presentation; a short abstract (if possible); and the audio-visual equipment you would need. Participants should plan to pay their own expenses. Further information will be sent only to individuals and organizations that respond to this call.
For more information, please contact: Jerome O. Gefu, Research Professor of Pastoral Systems, National Animal Production Research Institute, Shika, Ahmadu Bello University, PMB 1096, Zaria, Nigeria.
Tel.: +234-69-50 300.
Fax: +234-62-23 5048.
E-mail: jogefu@abu.edu.ng

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