174 research outputs found
Environment suitability mapping of livestock: A case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats
No full textDemand for livestock products is increasing as climate volatility threatens animal productivity and welfare. Therefore, novel technologies and approaches to meet these challenges are required. Geo-informatics and geo-visualization can address a critical question in this endeavor -where can improved indigenous, newly developed and composite breeds be introduced while retaining optimal productivity and resilience to climatic and environmental volatility? Here, a case study of four and two Ethiopian indigenous breeds of sheep (Atsbi, Doyogena, Horro, Menz) and goats (Abergelle, Yabello), and geo-informatics based spatial analytics generating, for each breed, a suitability index map is presented. The analysis reveals overlapping and breed-specific enviro-geographic and ecological suitability niches. More than 51% of Ethiopia is unsuitable for the optimal performance of the six breeds. The proportions of unsuitable land are 64.84% (Menz), 53.44% (Horro), 76.98% (Doyogena), 83.53% (Atsbi), 82.37% (Abergelle) and 63.89% (Yabello). The suitable production range for the four sheep breeds show a slight overlap, but that of the two goat breeds did not. The goats are best suited to the drylands, but the niche for Abergelle is in the north, and that of Yabello is in the south of Ethiopia. The heatmaps suggest that the mean annual temperature and precipitation have the largest contribution in the classification of geographic areas into suitability classes. Our results provide insights for targeting location specific species- and breed-interventions, and with climate change trajectories and natural resource base abundance, will be a major criterion for building resilient livestock production systems. Furthermore, ecological suitability mapping can allow practitioners to evaluate potential geographic ranges for newly-developed, experimental, and improved livestock breeds to design sustainable and innovative agro-ecological solutions
Community-Based Breeding Programs (CBBP) sites map and spatial data for goats in Ethiopia and Tanzania
No full textCBBP (community-based breeding programs) sites map and Spatial location for goats in Ethiopia and Tanzania. This is part of a Brazilian-funded project on establishing and scaling goat breeding programs in East Africa. The map shows 3 CBBP’s main locations, Sekota and Konso respectively in North and South Ethiopia and Kilimanjaro in North Tanzania. The shapefile represents point location of the different CBBP, captured using GPS at each CBBP location. 5 points in Sekota site in North Ethiopia, 4 points in Konso site in South Ethiopia and 2 points in Kilimanjaro in North Tanzania
Takhwsh Sub Watershed
No full textTakhwsh sub watershed was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Takhwsh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in the Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Balkh Contour
No full textBalkh contour was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Balkh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Takhwsh Contour
No full textTakhwsh contour was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Takhwsh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Balkh Sub Watershed
No full textBalkh Sub watershed was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Balkh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in the Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Balkh Watershed Slope
No full textBalkh slope was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Balkh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Balkh Watershed Aspect
No full textBalkh aspect was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Balkh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Takhwsh Watershed Aspect
No full textTakhwsh aspect was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Takhwsh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
Takhwsh Watershed Slope
No full textTakhwsh slope was generated from digital terrain models (DTM) with 5 m resolution derived from DigitalGlobe imagery assets. The layer covers Takhwsh watershed. This layer is intended to be used in Afghanistan Electronic Atlas, as one of the surface characterization layers in Afghanistan, part of Integrated Catchment Management and Capacity Building for Improving Livelihoods in Afghanistan, Geoinformatics Application in an Integrated Watershed Management project. Please visit our website for more data. Information and download links are available in metadata
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