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Are you familiar with this: You want to take a good cup of coffee, add some milk and only then you realize that it has turned sour. Each of us who has encountered problems with the shelf-life of dairy products during the hot summer months can imagine the challenges the Maasai in the East African steppe face every day.
The Maasai live there under extreme environmental conditions....
We congratulate our Maasai student Lukca Moreto! As reported, Lucas is studying law at the TUDARCO university in Dar-es-Salaam and has successfully completed his two-year diploma course this summer. Now Luka begins straight with his bachelor's programme, which will take him six semesters to finish.
Luka sent us a video in which he expresses his thanks. Together with him we would like to...
As reported in our blog from 10 Aug 2018, our unbalanced diet presents great ecological challenges for the world. Indigenous peoples, such as the Maasai or Sandawe in East Africa, have been living in harmony with nature for millennia and are vivid examples of sustainability in...
Just twelve crops and five animal species provide 75% of the world’s food. An estimated 940 species of cultivated plants are at risk of disappearing.
Yet there are many forgotten foods that
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How do pastoralists in Northern Tanzania perceive the influence of climate change on their herds? A recently published study with the title "Climate change perception and impacts on cattle production in pastoral communities of Northern Tanzania" addressed this issue.
The respondents bemoaned more erratic and reduced amounts of rainfall, rise in temperature and prolonged and frequent...
Nelson Mandela was without doubt one of the most outstanding personalities of the 20th century. His fight for freedom, against apartheid, oppression and social injustice not only brought him 27 years in prison as a political prisoner, but also the Nobel Peace Prize (1993) and the position as the first black president of South Africa.
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Die Plattform Österreichische Tierärztinnen & Tierärzte für Tierschutz lädt zur 9. ÖTT-Tagung "Tierschutz: Im Interesse der Tiere - zu Lasten der Tiere".
Wann?
3. Mai 2018
Wo?
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien
Die Einladung mit dem genauen Programm und den Anmeldeformalitäten finden Sie <link...
Tuberkulose ist neben Aids die weltweit tödlichste Infektionskrankheit für den Menschen und zugleich auch als Begleitkrankheit der Immunschwäche gefürchtet.
Tuberkulose ist jedoch auch die gefürchtetste Infektionskrankheit...
Ein guter Grund, einmal über die Landesgrenzen hinaus zu blicken und über die Rolle der Frau in anderen Teilen der Welt zu reflektieren. Das Leben von Maasai-Frauen in Tansania etwa ist geprägt von einer ungewissen Zukunft. Es ist aber nicht nur die Sorge um das Wohl der Familie, die Gesundheit ihrer Viehherden oder die Angst, dass die nächste Regenzeit schlecht ausfallen oder ganz ausbleiben...
Ein mögliches Infektionsszenario: Ein an Tuberkulose erkrankter Mensch scheidet den Erreger via Auswurf...
Mit großem Engagement haben sie im Rahmen einer Straßensammlung 300 Euro zugunsten von...
As part of the "Healthy Rangelands, Resilient Communities, Connected Future" campaign, our parent...
As part of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, our parent organization VSF...
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Luka Moreto ist Maasai. Sein Traum war es, als erster der Parakuyo-Maasai...
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Faustine stammt aus Tansania und gehört zum Volk der Buschmänner – einer...
Our Tanzanian employee John Laffa wishes all supporters and friends of Veterinarians without...