Draught Animal News No.13, (Nov. 1990)


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Research and Development Projects

Asia
Nepal: Local and Jersey crossbred draught oxen in the hills of Nepal (R.M. Gatenby and R.A. Pearson)
Nepal/ UK: Intake and digestibility of food by draught cattle after supplementation of rice straw with the fodder tree, Ficus auriculata (R.A. Pearson et al)
Bangladesh: Draught power requirement and performance study of animal driven sugarcane crusher (Md. Hanif Miah and Dr. R.I. Sarker)
Africa
Ethiopia: Performance evaluation of single animal harnesses (A. Kebede and F. Kelemu)
East Africa: The supply of ox-carts in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Kenya (J.D. Yelf)
America
USA: Comparative energetic efficiencies of harnesses for donkeys (P.J. Mueller)

Meetings

The 1st International Colloquium on Donkeys, Mules, and HOrses in Tropical Agricultural Development, Edinburgh, UK, 3-6 Sept. 1990 The 4th Workshop of the West African Animal Traction NEtwork ,Kano, NIgeria, 9-13 July 1990.

Forthcoming Events

Intl. Seminar on Draught Animal |Power an Human Energy Systems (Bhopal, India, 1991) Third World Buffalo Congress (Varna, Bulgaria, 13-19 May 1991)

Short Notes and News

New West African Animal Traction Research Coordinator Tillers International - training programmes, USA The Old South Vedic Society, USA Draught animals on oil palm plantations in Columbia

Book Reviews

Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction (Paul Starkey) The Barefoot Book (Marilyn Carr, ed.)

Implements and Instruments

The Wright Ox Collar (R.D. Wright)

Forum

Which Angle of Pull? (D.H. O'Neill)

Letters

Recent Publications


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