Author: Dr Raziq Kakar

I’m Ph.D. in Animal Agriculture, currently working as a Technical Manager at Al Ain Farms for Livestock Production, Camel dairying, Alain, UAE. I have performed as a Professor and Dean, at the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences Pakistan (LUAWMS). I work on and write for the subjects of ‘turning camel from a beast of burden to a sustainable farm animal’, agricultural research policies, extensive livestock production systems, desert ecosystems, food security under climate change context, and sustainable use of traditional genetic resources for food and agriculture. Iim advocating camel under the theme of CAMEL4LIFE and believe in camel potential. Camel4life is a camel think tank with a website and WhatsApp group, advocating camel at the policy level. I’m the founder and head of the Society of Animal, Veterinary, and Animal Scientists (SAVES), and the Founder of the Camel Association of Pakistan. I also work as a freelance scientist working on the above-mentioned thematic areas. I'm currently a member of the steering committee for Desert Net International (DNI). I'm also doing camel dairying consultancies. I’m an ethnoecologist, ethnobotanist, Ethnovet and ethomedicie researcher and reviewer. I explore deserts and grazing lands for knowledge and understanding.

Body Condition, camel, Camel Idea, climate change adaptation

Obsessed or not? It is hard to understand

Sometimes we think the camel is thin and the othertimes we think it is obessed. We need more to understand the real body condition scoring of the camels. Continue reading Obsessed or not? It is hard to understand

desert

The camel and the Zygophyllum have learned to live in a symbiotic relationship in the desert

I have named this plant (Zygophyllum qatarense) as the camel ice-cream species because the camel eats lesser quantity but with very much desire. Continue reading The camel and the Zygophyllum have learned to live in a symbiotic relationship in the desert

Desert Flora

A symbiotic relationship between camels and desert flora is incredible

Thee is always a symbiotic relationship between camels and desert flora is incredible. Continue reading A symbiotic relationship between camels and desert flora is incredible

camel, Desert Flora

Zygophyllum qatarense – Agood hope for camel in the desert

I have learned much about the camels, their preferences, and the desert’s flora. Zygophyllum has a very bitter taste and saltish plant because of its’ high salts contents and some level of alkaloids (which depress the appetite of the animals, though camels have higher tolerable levels for alkaloids). Such biochemical molecules in the bushes like Zygophyllum sp. depress the appetite as well as poisonous for some types of livestock. Producing such molecules (alkaloids, saponin, etc) is the strategy of the plants to save their race from the grazing animals, therefore Zygophylum qatarense is browsed by camels to a certain level but not minimized to the ground level. Continue reading Zygophyllum qatarense – Agood hope for camel in the desert

camel dream, Camel Idea

The Dreaming Camel

camel is a calm, lovely and dream animal. We love the camel and the camel loves us. Continue reading The Dreaming Camel