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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... Maasai where wildlife can be a major competitive factor for forage and habitat ( Pratt and Gwynne , 1977 ) ; 3 ) primates include the olive baboon ( Papio cynocephalus ) and vervet monkey ( Cercopi- thecus aethiops ) . Baboons , as ...
... Maasai where wildlife can be a major competitive factor for forage and habitat ( Pratt and Gwynne , 1977 ) ; 3 ) primates include the olive baboon ( Papio cynocephalus ) and vervet monkey ( Cercopi- thecus aethiops ) . Baboons , as ...
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... Maasai and Nuer . Age sets are listed in Asmarom Legesse ( 1973 : p 60 ) and these consist of 10 , 8 - year blocks from age 12 to 91. Each set thus consists of similarly aged males born in the same 8 - year period who share a corporate ...
... Maasai and Nuer . Age sets are listed in Asmarom Legesse ( 1973 : p 60 ) and these consist of 10 , 8 - year blocks from age 12 to 91. Each set thus consists of similarly aged males born in the same 8 - year period who share a corporate ...
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... Maasai . Surveys of Borana society conducted in 1990 ( Coppock , 1992b ) confirm that wide generation gaps are perceived by the elders , and that mush- rooming small towns on the plateau are probably having a pervasive effect on social ...
... Maasai . Surveys of Borana society conducted in 1990 ( Coppock , 1992b ) confirm that wide generation gaps are perceived by the elders , and that mush- rooming small towns on the plateau are probably having a pervasive effect on social ...
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... Maasai System in Kenya because they are both in semi - arid environments , with the Maasai being considered further along a continuum of pastoral change ( Evangelou , 1984 : Solomon Bekure et al , 1991 ) . Income wise the Borana cash ...
... Maasai System in Kenya because they are both in semi - arid environments , with the Maasai being considered further along a continuum of pastoral change ( Evangelou , 1984 : Solomon Bekure et al , 1991 ) . Income wise the Borana cash ...
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... Maasai diet over the past 40 years as one result of population pressure . In a 1990 survey of Borana elders , it was found that they believed regular grain consumption to be a relatively new aspect of their society ( D. L. Coppock ...
... Maasai diet over the past 40 years as one result of population pressure . In a 1990 survey of Borana elders , it was found that they believed regular grain consumption to be a relatively new aspect of their society ( D. L. Coppock ...
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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