The Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of Pastoral Research, Development, and Change, 1980-91David Layne Coppock ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD), 1994 M01 1 - 20 pages |
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Acacia Acacia tortilis Addis Ababa animals annual Arero Assefa Eshete average rainfall Billé Boran Boran cattle Borana Plateau Borana system brevispica calf mortality calves camels cattle population cattle production constraints Cossins and Upton cowpea cows cultivation D. L. Coppock dairy marketing density Donaldson drought drought-recovery phase dry season ecological effects encampments Ethiopia Ethiopian highlands forage forra Gabra grain grass grazing growth Hara herbaceous herd owners high-density phase highlands Hodgson human population ILCA improved increased intake interventions Kenya labour lactation legumes livestock livestock production long rains Maasai madda maize milk offtake milk production Mulugeta Assefa 1990 Negussie Tilahun Nicholson nutritional pastoral systems pastoralists personal communication plants ponds poor Pratt and Gwynne ranch range regional reported result Section sell semi-arid small ruminants soils SORDU southern rangelands species stocking rates study area system dynamics Teltele TLDP traditional unpublished data Vertisols woody Yabelo