Husbandry practices of camel herders in Kababish home land North Kordofan State, Sudan

Abdelhadi Omer M.A., Babiker Salih A., Faye Bernard. 2009. Husbandry practices of camel herders in Kababish home land North Kordofan State, Sudan. In : The Second Conference of the International Society of Camelid Research and Development, Djerba, Tunisia, 12th - 14th March, 2009 : abstracts. IRA, ISOCARD, OEP, IRESA. Djerba : ISOCARD, Résumé, 73. Conference of the International Society of Camelid Research and Development. 2, Djerba, Tunisie, 12 Mars 2009/14 Mars 2009.

Résumé : The present work aimed to study husbandry practices of the camel herders in north Kordofan state, Sudan. A total of 122 farmers were randomly selected using questionnaire technique. The questionnaire was conducted between March and April (2007) in 4 different areas (Sodary, Jabra, Umgarfa and Almuwelih) which is dominated by Kababish tribe. The results showed that 59% of the interviewed camel farmers were owners, while 41% were shepherds, however, 48.6% of the owners were illiterate compared to 56% among shepherds. It was observed that high percentage of breeding females (74.2%) versus breeding males (25.2%) were kept in different herds. Camel herd size ranged between 50-100 heads which represents 54.9%, however, 71.6% of these herds were found in Sodary area. Sheep and goats were raised beside camels in the studied areas which was 14.8 and 36.1% for sheep, sheep and goats, respectively. Castration was practiced for fattening purposes by 40% of the farmers. The majority of the farmers practiced inbreeding and migrates seasonally to northern and southern parts of the state. Twelve diseases were reported in the studied areas; however, Trypanosomosis comprised the highest percentage (39%) among other diseases. Marketing of camels showed that most of the farmers (75.4%) use the money gained from selling of camels in other activities rather than adding new animals to their herds. Multivariate analysis allowed identifying 5 types of herd composition reflecting different strategy for herd management. (Texte intégral)

Mots-clés Agrovoc : chameau

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Soudan

Classification Agris : L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales

Auteurs et affiliations

• Abdelhadi Omer M.A., University of Kordofan (SDN)
• Babiker Salih A., University of Khartoum (SDN)
• Faye Bernard, CIRAD-ES-UPR Systèmes d'élevage (FRA)

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/550955/)

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