Commercial cashmere production is very different than traditional, cottage-industry-style production. For thousands of years, nomadic herding peoples have shorn the hair from their goats, combed it, and spun it into fine yarn. Large-scale cashmere production facilities follow roughly the same ...
Pastoralism. This meansdomestication and rearing of animals on pastures. This is carried either at subsistence level known as nomadic herding or at commercial level known as commercial livestock rearing. When was pastoralism first used? The earliest literary references to a people who appear to be p...
Probably one of the most misunderstood topics about dairy farming is the “mystery” of what happens to the male calves. Female cows are the only ones that can be milked. So what happens to the bulls. Quickly searching Google, I found it hard to find a dairymen’s answer on this topic...
The Nenets (sometimes referred to as Samoyeds), is one of the largest ethnic minorities in Russia and inhabits the area between the Kolsky peninsula and Taymyr. Today, around 45,000 remain. They subsist on deer herding and are always happy to invite outsiders to get acquainted with their lo...
Post by:Emma Gillies Wanderlust has taken Emma across much of the world, but it was Scotland that she made her adopted home. Aside from enjoying countryside walks, campervan weekends and gigs in Glasgow, you’ll often find her writing about European travel and plotting her next trip. ...
Pastoral societies in dryland Africa continue to face changes to their systems. These systems are influenced by a range of historical factors, but little use is made of this information to design policies that suit pastoralists’ landscapes. This article
accounts. Yet, together with the regulator’s move on longevity, the reform could have an unfortunate consequence for pension-scheme members. More firms may conclude that maintaining a defined-benefit scheme -even one closed to new members -is the financial equivalent of running up the down ...