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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... Gabra herd owners in the Beke Pond region in the southern rangelands during 1987 . Table 5.14 . Perceived production problems for immature camels as ranked by 24 Gabra herd owners in the Beke Pond region in the southern rangelands ...
... Gabra herd owners in the Beke Pond region in the southern rangelands during 1987 . Table 5.14 . Perceived production problems for immature camels as ranked by 24 Gabra herd owners in the Beke Pond region in the southern rangelands ...
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... Gabra , Burgi , Konso and others ( AGROTEC / CRG / SEDES Associates , 1974e ; 1974f ; 1974g ) who reportedly prefer to move animals to distant water sources in dry periods rather than The Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia 59 ...
... Gabra , Burgi , Konso and others ( AGROTEC / CRG / SEDES Associates , 1974e ; 1974f ; 1974g ) who reportedly prefer to move animals to distant water sources in dry periods rather than The Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia 59 ...
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... Gabra , Gujji and other groups throughout the last half of 1991 , largely as a result of stress from low rainfall , weapons proliferation and the demise of central governmental authority ( D. L. Coppock , Utah State University ...
... Gabra , Gujji and other groups throughout the last half of 1991 , largely as a result of stress from low rainfall , weapons proliferation and the demise of central governmental authority ( D. L. Coppock , Utah State University ...
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... Gabra ( C. Fütterknecht , CARE- Ethiopia , personal observation ) . The Boran believe that God sent down Kallu , their supreme spiritual leader , who taught the Boran how to sacrifice animals and instructed them in the " Peace of Borana ...
... Gabra ( C. Fütterknecht , CARE- Ethiopia , personal observation ) . The Boran believe that God sent down Kallu , their supreme spiritual leader , who taught the Boran how to sacrifice animals and instructed them in the " Peace of Borana ...
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... Gabra households near the Beke Pond in 1987 ( D. L. Coppock , ILCA , unpublished data ) , no deaths were reported due to the drought . More than 35 families , however , reported one birth each during the drought ( see Section The Borana ...
... Gabra households near the Beke Pond in 1987 ( D. L. Coppock , ILCA , unpublished data ) , no deaths were reported due to the drought . More than 35 families , however , reported one birth each during the drought ( see Section The Borana ...
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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