With only one-third of my fieldwork left, I still need to explain the scientific reason for my trip to Africa; most of you must be curious. Well, in short, I am here to assess the availability of livestock feed resources in Umurera village. There are three categories of farmers – poor, poorer, poorest – and my research focuses on 3 households for each of the categories. Main activities are: 1. To measure the feed amount (per plant species) for livestock (which means a goat for the poorest, cattle for the other farmers), and 2. To measure the total land size of each of the farmers. The latter to be able to estimate the possible production numbers in case field edges are used for fodder production. The main idea is to figure out whether it is, or will, be possible for the poorest farmers to keep a cow, which would improve their situation through the production of milk and manure.
3 comments:
moo
goed bezig Lotje.
hopelijk kunnen de koeien daar ook loeien! das waar ook, je bent daar ook nog voor de studie, zou het bijna vergeten met al die mooie foto's!
suc6 daar nog, ik bid voor je!
liefs, reempje
p.s. op 1 april gaan we trouwen :)
p.s.2 gefeliciteerd met je tanteschap!
Nice! maare hoe sluit dit dan aan op je carriereplan (orcatransport-over-de-veluwe)? :P
OE en dus gefeliciteerd zie ik :)
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