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Resources available on animal traction in Sierra Leone
and Liberia:
The following documents relating to animal traction in
Sierra Leone can be viewed
and/or downloaded in pdf format: Some of these documents derive from ATNESA
workshops or the workshops of the West Africa Animal Traction Network. Some have
been prepared by animal traction specialists for other collaborating
organisations or networks.
(If you do not have
Adobe Acrobat 4 which is needed to view and print these pdf files, you can
download it free of charge from http://www.adobe.com)
Most papers have file sizes between 150 kb and 500 kb. Depending on the speed
of your connection, these files will take between one and four minutes to
download. Papers with photographs generally have larger files and these are
marked in yellow (over one megabyte) or
red (over two megabytes) and
these will take longer to download.
The effects of the on-going war on
animal traction in Sierra Leone
by Abu B Bangura
Comparative
draft performance of oxen and heifers in northern Sierra Leone
by G O
Cole and J Steinbach
Farm-level economic benefits of using oxen for
plowing and weeding in Sierra Leone
by Bai H
Kanu
Animal traction development strategies in Sierra Leone
by B H Kanu
The role of work oxen in swamp development in Sierra Leone
by S Leaman
The utilization and management of draft animals at farm level
by A B Bangura
The economics of animal power in Koinadugu District, Sierra Leone: a case study of the work oxen introduction and credit programme
by H Corbel
Farmer social variables influencing the adopting of agricultural innovation in Sierra Leone
by M L S Gboku
An assessment of some aspects of work oxen use in Sierra Leone
by R D Bell and D C Kemp
Preliminary observations on the effect of draft work on growth and typanotolerance of N'Dama oxen
by S Ravindran
The transfer of animal traction technology: some lessons from Sierra Leone (1.5MB)
by Paul Starkey
Constraints to the extension of draft animal technology in the farming system of Sierra Leone
by A B Bangura
Overcoming some animal health constraints to work oxen in Sierra Leone through a revolving fund
by W Mckinlay
L'approvisionnement en animaux de trait: contrainte à
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extension de la traction animale en Sierra Leone
by D Barrfaud
Village level engineering: the importnance of the blacksmith in supporting animal traction and agricultural production
by A H Kanu
Social constraints to the adoption and expansion of work in Sierra Leone
by M S Bah
Sierra Leone
by P Starkey and B Kanu
Appropriate animal drawn equipment for Sierra Leone
by J V Bangura
Management of work oxen in Sierra Leone and its implications for research
by B H Kanu and F A-R
Sankoh
Report of field visits
(3MB)
Farming
with work oxen in Sierra Leone
by
Paul Starkey
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