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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... farmers or peri - urban sellers of milk , chickens and firewood . Peri - urban dairy marketing results , in part , from these processes . For example , there are women living near towns who must sell a cup of milk from their single cow ...
... farmers or peri - urban sellers of milk , chickens and firewood . Peri - urban dairy marketing results , in part , from these processes . For example , there are women living near towns who must sell a cup of milk from their single cow ...
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... Farming Systems Research was also mixed in . Clues from producers and traders gave important insights as to how the system changes from year to year and decade to decade . The approach has no strong roots in traditional agricultural ...
... Farming Systems Research was also mixed in . Clues from producers and traders gave important insights as to how the system changes from year to year and decade to decade . The approach has no strong roots in traditional agricultural ...
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... farming systems research and extension in which researchers take sole responsibility for problem identification . 1.1 Introduction The Ethiopian lowlands support a great diversity of livestock production systems . These systems are ...
... farming systems research and extension in which researchers take sole responsibility for problem identification . 1.1 Introduction The Ethiopian lowlands support a great diversity of livestock production systems . These systems are ...
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... farming systems of the highlands ( FLDP , 1987 ) . A small portion of FLDP funds , however , were allocated to the Pilot Project , which operates with TLDP staff . The Pilot Project has been based in the southern rangelands since 1988 ...
... farming systems of the highlands ( FLDP , 1987 ) . A small portion of FLDP funds , however , were allocated to the Pilot Project , which operates with TLDP staff . The Pilot Project has been based in the southern rangelands since 1988 ...
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... farmers , especially in the Fafen Valley north of Jijiga . In contrast , SORDU was not perceived to have a major problem with forage supply . Livestock disease control Out of 23 million vaccinations over 10 years , only 8 % were given ...
... farmers , especially in the Fafen Valley north of Jijiga . In contrast , SORDU was not perceived to have a major problem with forage supply . Livestock disease control Out of 23 million vaccinations over 10 years , only 8 % were given ...
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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