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Donkeys for development 10. USING ONE DONKEY BEHIND ANOTHER Donkeys are accustomed to walking in lines along paths, so are not difficult to control.

Consultant at Donkey Power Facilitation and Consultancy. Some loads can be too long for one donkey Other types of load need to be kept level. 11. TYING A SINGLE LOAD ONTO A DONKEY Balance is the most important thing – otherwise a LOT of trouble !

The reasons for the increasing popularity of donkeys in southern Africa are discussed.

The reasons for the increasing popularity of donkeys in southern Africa are discussed

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In Peta Jones’s book Donkeys for Development published by ATNESA states that a donkey should not carry more than 1/3 of its weight. As this is a UN funded project, they aimed for an absolute maximum. Many owners in Africa exceed this. But a much more humane approach is to aim for no more than 25%. Pack horses used in treks in the West now aim for 15%. The trick is: how do you figure out the donkey’s weight? The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, UK has a handy calculator.

Peta Jones is a PeerJ user. Bio: After obtaining PhD (U of Sheffield) on the spread of agriculture into sub-equatorial Africa, mostly worked with rural African communities on sustainable agriculture and donkey use and management.

Donkeys for Development, Peta Jones, Donkey Power, South Africa, 158pp, 2005 - What it means to have donkeys .

Donkeys for Development, Peta Jones, Donkey Power, South Africa, 158pp, 2005 - What it means to have donkeys, choosing a good donkey, the life cycle of donkeys, keeping donkeys, veterinary considerations, equipment suitable for donkeys, training donkeys, economic calculations, patterns for some equipment, hitching for carts, glossary, further reading. Harnessing and Implements for Animal Traction: An Animal Traction Resource Book for Africa, by Paul Starkey, GTZ, 1989, ISBN 3-528-02053-9 - Harnessing options for oxen, horses, donkeys, camels and buffaloes, wide spectrum of tillage implements, seeders, animal-drawn carts and other draft animal technologies.

Donkeys, people and development Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa.

For more than 6000 years DONKEYS have been carrying and pulling loads, turning wheels and generally laboring away to extend the work of humans

For more than 6000 years DONKEYS have been carrying and pulling loads, turning wheels and generally laboring away to extend the work of humans. More recently they have been joined by horses, camels, and oxen, but even today, all over the world where resources are scarce and speed is less important, donkeys are still the main providers of such work. Give them a thought; give them some appreciation. If any are nearby, go give them a biscuit! Peta A. Jones, MSc, PhD, South Africa. Originally published at camel4all.