Because, as Professor Jane Rickson from the National Soil Resources Institute says, "Soil is amazing, providing us with food, fuel and fodder, storing water and carbon, and supporting habitats and infrastructure.
In India, for example, although the commons are often officially designated "wastelands", rural households depend on them for fodder, fuel, water, medicinal plants and a range of non-timber forest products.
Trucks have been of particular importance for the Bedouin, who use them for many purposes, including transporting sheep to market, moving fodder and water to sites where animals raised for meat are herded, moving small numbers of animals from one grazing area to another, and traveling between cities and villages.
The reason cited by pastoralists is to seek enough fodder and water for their herds.
I took part in daily chores such as collecting fodder and water, so I was able to experience firsthand what I was there to research.
Kandji et al. (2006) and MRA (2010) demonstrated in their report that inadequate quality of fodder and water are important constraints militating against the improvement of livestock production in the Sahel region.
In contrast to Koutiala, the transhumants' length of stay has increased in Bougouni, where the transhumant herders can stay up to three months, due to the availability of fodder and water resources.
For example, one herder kept five milk-producing camels in the camp where besides providing for own consumption, a small fraction of the surplus milk produced was given away, while most was sold to cover the costs of fodder and water.
The problem with texting is it creates a record, providing fodder for water cooler gossip and mean girls alike.
Animals often acquired the pathogens via contaminated fodder or water (Tauxe, 1997).
