Camels

A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair). Camels are working animals especially suited to their desert habitat and are a vital means of transport for passengers and cargo. There are three surviving species of camel. The one-humped dromedary makes up 94% of the world's camel population, and the two-humped Bactrian camel makes up 6%. The Wild Bactrian camel is a separate species and is now …

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World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

The Chad Economic Update is a World Bank report series produced once a year, that assesses recent economic and social developments and prospects in Chad. The Economic Update also provides …

activities are dominant. Herders raise and trade camels and small ruminants and rely on transhumance during


World Bank Group · 15 July 2024 English

families care about to raise, such as sheep, cows, and camels. In general, Yemen has a very rich bird fauna


APO: Asian Productivity Organization · 5 July 2024 English

It aims to scrutinize the adoption and impact of advanced technologies, such as IoT and AI, focusing on their influence on productivity, sustainability, and the diverse challenges and opportunities in …

has practiced nomadic herding of horses, cows, camels, sheep, and goats. Even today, many herders in


World Bank Group · 25 June 2024 English

Systemic banking crises have been commonplace in FinSAC client countries and, more broadly, in the ECA region during the last 30 years. A first wave of crises was triggered by …

cases, the SREP approach has replaced the US-based CAMELS framework (capital adequacy, asset quality, earnings


WFP: World Food Programme · 20 June 2024 English

This report provides an analysis of food security and evolving needs and an update on main figures related to WFP’s response.

close as possible, then escorted people and their camels back to their communities with WFP pickup trucks


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 20 June 2024 English

Afghanistan’s turbulent checkpoint history Checkpoints and the transit taxes that can be levied at them have been central to the vagaries of Afghan state formation and conflict—and are crucial to …

snowfall in winter. Goods were therefore ‘carried by camels, horses, ponies and donkeys. Trade was, in consequence


CPED: Centre for Population and Environmental Development · 16 June 2024 English

Team members are working on the various aspects of the collected data which hopefully will, in the first instance, guide the implementation of the pilot intervention programme during the remaining …

parts of the northern region of Nigeria, Donkeys, Camels, and Horses. The survey examined the ownership


ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English

The Afar region during the civil war period, 1975-1991 The pre-eminence of southern clans, with a long history of contact with the Ethiopian state in the structures of the Sultanate, …

pastoralists, keeping herds of sheep, goats and camels. The imposition of colonial borders has left the issues such as homicide and the theft or killing of camels, however, would invariably involve a more formal injury, kidnapping, rape and the killing or theft of camels are extremely sensitive. Cases of inter-clan disputes


UN: The United Nations · 29 May 2024 Russian

121 p.Transmits public dossier of evidence relating to Israel's alleged intent and incitement to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including alleged breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and …

and women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and asses!”.25 (emphasis added) As set out in


UN: The United Nations · 29 May 2024 Arabic

121 p.Transmits public dossier of evidence relating to Israel's alleged intent and incitement to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including alleged breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and …

women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and asses!”.25 (emphasis added) As set out in Annex


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