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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... average rainfall years 4.2.2 Labour .... 4.2.3 Livestock marketing 104 104 104 ..105 ..105 4.2.4 Dairy processing and marketing 4.2.5 Dairy marketing and calf management 4.2.6 Grain cultivation .... 4.3 Results ... . . 4.3.2 The ...
... average rainfall years 4.2.2 Labour .... 4.2.3 Livestock marketing 104 104 104 ..105 ..105 4.2.4 Dairy processing and marketing 4.2.5 Dairy marketing and calf management 4.2.6 Grain cultivation .... 4.3 Results ... . . 4.3.2 The ...
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... average basal cover for herbaceous ( grass , legume and forb ) and small ... rainfall , dry and drought years in the southern rangelands as ranked by 32 ... average total live - weight gain for male cattle processed at Sarite ranch during ...
... average basal cover for herbaceous ( grass , legume and forb ) and small ... rainfall , dry and drought years in the southern rangelands as ranked by 32 ... average total live - weight gain for male cattle processed at Sarite ranch during ...
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... Rainfall zones on the Borana Plateau . Linear regression analysis of mean annual rainfall as a function of altitude for six sites in the southern rangelands . ..42 .47 Figure 2.5 . Linear regression analysis of annual air temperatures ...
... Rainfall zones on the Borana Plateau . Linear regression analysis of mean annual rainfall as a function of altitude for six sites in the southern rangelands . ..42 .47 Figure 2.5 . Linear regression analysis of annual air temperatures ...
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... average milk offtake for a sample of 51 Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) ... rainfall .. Figure 7.4 . Schematic depiction of changes in grazing resource allocation for Gobso madda in the southern ...
... average milk offtake for a sample of 51 Boran cows during 1981-82 in the southern rangelands . Figure 5.2 ( a , b ) ... rainfall .. Figure 7.4 . Schematic depiction of changes in grazing resource allocation for Gobso madda in the southern ...
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... average rainfall and low stocking rates , cattle productivity can be extremely high . At high stocking rates , how- ever , risk of forage competition becomes paramount and animals are more likely to be in poor condition , give lower ...
... average rainfall and low stocking rates , cattle productivity can be extremely high . At high stocking rates , how- ever , risk of forage competition becomes paramount and animals are more likely to be in poor condition , give lower ...
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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