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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... Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) . Examples of bimodal lactation curves for two Boran cows under pastoral management in the southern rangelands during 1981-82 .. Figure 6.1 . Herd structure in ...
... Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) . Examples of bimodal lactation curves for two Boran cows under pastoral management in the southern rangelands during 1981-82 .. Figure 6.1 . Herd structure in ...
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... Boran were regarded as relatively easy to study and work with . Development of infrastructure in the south started in the 1960s and it was thought that this would facilitate the impact of research results on development . 2. Does ...
... Boran were regarded as relatively easy to study and work with . Development of infrastructure in the south started in the 1960s and it was thought that this would facilitate the impact of research results on development . 2. Does ...
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... Boran . The intent was to stimulate livestock commercialisation . This involved the typical , but often erroneous , assumptions of pastoral behaviour that have characterised African pastoral development in general . It was prominently ...
... Boran . The intent was to stimulate livestock commercialisation . This involved the typical , but often erroneous , assumptions of pastoral behaviour that have characterised African pastoral development in general . It was prominently ...
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... Boran . Expectations were unrealistic because Western - trained planners had an inadequate understanding of social values and a production rationale that differed from their own . This is not to say that development efforts have been ...
... Boran . Expectations were unrealistic because Western - trained planners had an inadequate understanding of social values and a production rationale that differed from their own . This is not to say that development efforts have been ...
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... Boran : it is now a necessity . 6. What can be done to alleviate this situation ? Overview : Despite the daunting nature of the task , the major premise of this research is that the entire system can be managed to ( 1 ) promote growth ...
... Boran : it is now a necessity . 6. What can be done to alleviate this situation ? Overview : Despite the daunting nature of the task , the major premise of this research is that the entire system can be managed to ( 1 ) promote growth ...
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Acacia Acacia tortilis animals annual Arero Assefa Eshete average rainfall Billé Boran Boran cattle Borana Plateau Borana system brevispica butter calf mortality calves camels cattle population cattle productivity constraints Cossins and Upton cowpea cultivation D. L. Coppock dairy marketing density Donaldson drought drought-recovery phase effects encampments Ethiopia Ethiopian highlands forage forra Gabra grain grass grazing growth herbaceous herd owners high-density phase higher highlands Hodgson Holden human population ILCA improved increased intake interventions kalo Kenya labour lactation legumes livestock livestock production long rains Maasai madda maize Menwyelet Atsedu milk offtake milk production Mulugeta Assefa 1990 Negussie Tilahun Nicholson nutritional pastoral systems pastoralists personal communication ponds poor Pratt and Gwynne ranch range regional reported result Section sell semi-arid small ruminants soil SORDU southern rangelands species stocking rates study area system dynamics TLDP traditional unpublished data Vertisols women woody plants Yabelo