Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Pages 391-399 in: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity: A Sourcebook. Produced by CIP-UPWARD, in partnership with GTZ, IDRC, IPGRI and SEARICE.
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lse Köhler-Rollefson
Managing Agrobiodiversity in Rural Areas, GTZ, Eschborn, 2000. 17 pp.
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Towards community-based approaches for animal genetic resource conservation
Proceedings of a conference/workshop held on 1-4 November, 2000 in Udaipur & Sadri, Rajasthan, India.
176 pp. ISBN 3-00-010522-0
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Promoting the sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources
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Traditional and Modern Health Care for the Dromedary
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Ellen Geerlings, 2001
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Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2000
pp. 55-63 in: Experiences in Farmer’s Biodiversity Management: Report on the International Workshop on Animal and Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture at the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, Germany, 16-18 May 2000. German NGO Forum on Environment & Development, Bonn.
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Hanwant Singh Rathore and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2000
pp 47-54 in: Experiences in Farmer’s Biodiversity Management: Report on the International Workshop on Animal and Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture at the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, Germany, 16-18 May 2000. German NGO Forum on Environment & Development, Bonn.
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An analysis of eight cases
Evelyn Mathias, Paul Mundy and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Animal Genetic Resources 47: 59-72 (2010)
Local breeds and minor species are hardy and able to thrive in harsh conditions. Their adaptive traits and unique characteristics (coloured wool or hides, extra-fine fibre, meat or milk with special tastes) offer opportunities for the marketing of speciality products and sustainable food production in marginal areas.
This study discusses eight initiatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America that help communities to produce and market various products for niche markets: milk and dairy products from dromedaries; cashmere, wool and handicrafts from goats, sheep and Bactrian camels; and meat, meat products and handicrafts from goats and sheep.
The main strategies were to seek new markets for existing or entirely new products (rather than trying to exploit existing markets). Most initiatives had some form of branding or labelling, and two had protected their products with geographical indications.
Such marketing initiatives can be started with limited capital inputs but are skill and knowledge intensive. They require strong commitment to overcome seasonal fluctuations in production, the lack of infrastructure and services, and difficulties in institution building. But when well planned and carefully managed, they can help conserve breeds as well as provide a livelihood for people involved in the value chain, allowing actors earlier in the value chain – livestock keepers and small-scale processors – to capture a greater share of the value of the end product than they would by trying to serve a mass market.
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Ilse Koehler-Rollefson
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (2011)
The eastern Indian state of Orissa has a wealth of local livestock breeds, LPP’s Ilse Koehler-Rollefson has learned. She visited farmers who raise Ghunsur cattle and goats, a group of nomadic pig herders, and duck keepers near the coast.
She also took part in a “roadside university“, or pathe pathshala, run by Balaram Sahu, a veterinarian from Orissa, to discuss livestock health and management with local people.