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DOI	10.1186/s13570-020-00183-0
	Socio-economic constraints on camel production in Pakistan's extensive pastoral farming
	Faraz, Asim; Younas, Muhammad; Iglesias Pastrana, Carlos; Waheed, Abdul; Tauqir, Nasir Ali; Nabeel, Muhammad Shahid
通讯作者	Faraz, A (corresponding author), Bahauddin Zakariya Univ, Dept Livestock & Poultry Prod, Multan 60800, Pakistan.
来源期刊	PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE
ISSN	2041-7136
出版年	2021
卷号	11 期号:1
英文摘要	The present research is aimed to evaluate the diverse husbandry practices, ethno-veterinary practices, socio-economic status and distressing constraints of camel pastoralists inhabiting desert (Thal) areas of Pakistan, where they maintain herds of Marecha and Barela dromedaries in extensive production regimes. For this purpose, 200 pastoralists were selected at random to fill out an on-site questionnaire. According to the farmers' responses, it was perceived that their living status had improved in the last decades due to the progressive optimization of camel productivity and herdsmen responsiveness. In contrast, calf mortality rates, some traditional husbandry practices and the lack of market investments continued to be the major constraints affecting camel overall production. Ethno-veterinary medicines are widely applied as primary health care, thus influencing the general health, production potentials and relief of camels in the study region. With this scenario, concerned stakeholders and authorized institutions must re-evaluate the urgent needs of indigenous communities; their education and husbandry skills to promote economic/ financial support in low-income remote areas. In turn, traditional communities will be adapted to the changing socio-economic and cultural values with regard to camel husbandry and welfare. Current societal perceptions and demands within this livestock production industry, where camels are conceived as a sustainable food security animal, if accomplished to the highest possible extent, will increase effectiveness of the camel value chain and breeders' quality of life will be noticeably enhanced. However, this success could be multiplied if government may devise community education, veterinary cover, marketing facilitates and interest-free small loans for pastoralists.
英文关键词	Husbandry strategies Ethno-veterinary uses Constraints Extensive pastoralism Desert areas
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000624603000001
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352933
作者单位	[Faraz, Asim; Waheed, Abdul] Bahauddin Zakariya Univ, Dept Livestock & Poultry Prod, Multan 60800, Pakistan; [Younas, Muhammad] Univ Agr Faisalabad, Inst Dairy Sci, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; [Iglesias Pastrana, Carlos] Univ Cordoba, Dept Genet, Fac Vet Sci, Cordoba 14014, Spain; [Tauqir, Nasir Ali] Univ Sargodha, Dept Anim Sci, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan; [Nabeel, Muhammad Shahid] Livestock & Dairy Dev Dept, Camel Breeding & Res Stn Rakh Mahni, Punjab 30030, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Faraz, Asim,Younas, Muhammad,Iglesias Pastrana, Carlos,et al. Socio-economic constraints on camel production in Pakistan's extensive pastoral farming[J],2021,11(1).
APA	Faraz, Asim,Younas, Muhammad,Iglesias Pastrana, Carlos,Waheed, Abdul,Tauqir, Nasir Ali,&Nabeel, Muhammad Shahid.(2021).Socio-economic constraints on camel production in Pakistan's extensive pastoral farming.PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE,11(1).
MLA	Faraz, Asim,et al."Socio-economic constraints on camel production in Pakistan's extensive pastoral farming".PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE 11.1(2021).