My Journey to Camel Science to Become a Camelologist?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: My discovery of the camelProbably, I saw my first camel in a circus in my native town in France, but I really discovered the dromedary in Ethiopia for first time as "tropicalist veterinarian" in Africa in 1975, then in Niger where the camel is an emblematic animal of the Tuareg pastoralists.During my stay in Niger (1977Niger ( -1979)), I worked within the framework of the French cooperation on the "Livestock Reconstruction" programme, a project following the great drought of 1973-1974 which had seen nearly half of the national livestock perish.This programme was based on two main activities: firstly, the establishment of a network of "ranches for livestock multiplication", aiming to develop a "rational management" of herds in order to obtain a large number of animals quickly, and secondly, to distribute the animals to the affected herders through an advantageous credit system based on deferred repayment in cash or in animals issued from loaned herd.In this issue, Tuareg breeders preferred to get 5 camels rather than 5 cows or even 10 sheep or goats.
Author: Bernard Faye
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411794339