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 under traditional management in the southern rangelands during 19 months in 1981-82 . .143 Table 5.3 ... cattle holdings and herd size , composition and various production aspects of cattle in the southern rangelands during ...
... Boran cows under traditional management in the southern rangelands during 19 months in 1981-82 . .143 Table 5.3 ... cattle holdings and herd size , composition and various production aspects of cattle in the southern rangelands during ...
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... Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) ... cattle held by five Borana encampments in the central zone of the Borana ... cattle stocking rate ; ( b ) ratio of milk cows per person ; and ( c ) per cent ...
... Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) ... cattle held by five Borana encampments in the central zone of the Borana ... cattle stocking rate ; ( b ) ratio of milk cows per person ; and ( c ) per cent ...
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... Boran cattle of the southern rangelands . Plate 1.1 . Plate 1.2 ( a , b ) . Borana men and a Borana woman of southern Ethiopia . .20 .33 Plate 2.1 . Perennial savannah communities in the southern rangelands vary from open grasslands to ...
... Boran cattle of the southern rangelands . Plate 1.1 . Plate 1.2 ( a , b ) . Borana men and a Borana woman of southern Ethiopia . .20 .33 Plate 2.1 . Perennial savannah communities in the southern rangelands vary from open grasslands to ...
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... Boran were given access to markets they would readily sell cattle and improve their lives by increasing their cash income . Sales of immature cattle were to form the basis of a stratified livestock industry . Today , however , instead ...
... Boran were given access to markets they would readily sell cattle and improve their lives by increasing their cash income . Sales of immature cattle were to form the basis of a stratified livestock industry . Today , however , instead ...
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... Boran . Expectations were unrealistic because Western - trained planners had an inadequate understanding of social ... cattle prices are competitive with those offered on the Kenyan black market and trade links within Ethiopia are made more ...
... Boran . Expectations were unrealistic because Western - trained planners had an inadequate understanding of social ... cattle prices are competitive with those offered on the Kenyan black market and trade links within Ethiopia are made more ...
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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