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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... growth and milk offtake 5.3.3 Cattle production and pastoral wealth 5.3.4 Water restriction and cattle productivity 5.3.4.1 Effects on calves 5.3.4.2 Effects on cows 5.3.4.3 Intake of water , feed and milk . 137 138 138 138 139 139 140 ...
... growth and milk offtake 5.3.3 Cattle production and pastoral wealth 5.3.4 Water restriction and cattle productivity 5.3.4.1 Effects on calves 5.3.4.2 Effects on cows 5.3.4.3 Intake of water , feed and milk . 137 138 138 138 139 139 140 ...
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... growth acceleration .243 7.3.3.5 Calf mortality mitigation 248 7.3.3.6 Cattle marketing .255 7.3.3.7 Mitigation of drought impact .259 7.4 Component interventions and system dynamics 265 7.5 Management of human emigration .266 Chapter 8 ...
... growth acceleration .243 7.3.3.5 Calf mortality mitigation 248 7.3.3.6 Cattle marketing .255 7.3.3.7 Mitigation of drought impact .259 7.4 Component interventions and system dynamics 265 7.5 Management of human emigration .266 Chapter 8 ...
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... growth form , importance value and traditional household uses of native plants in the southern rangelands . Table B8 . Occurrence of apparently encroaching woody species on the central Borana Plateau as recorded in a survey of 801 field ...
... growth form , importance value and traditional household uses of native plants in the southern rangelands . Table B8 . Occurrence of apparently encroaching woody species on the central Borana Plateau as recorded in a survey of 801 field ...
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... growth for Boran calves under various feeding treatments at Dembel Wachu ranch in the southern rangelands during 1990 . Table G8 . Comparative growth rates ( g / head / day ) and sample size per treatment ( N ) for livestock under ...
... growth for Boran calves under various feeding treatments at Dembel Wachu ranch in the southern rangelands during 1990 . Table G8 . Comparative growth rates ( g / head / day ) and sample size per treatment ( N ) for livestock under ...
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... growth and time to puberty for heifers born in 1986. Average daily gains ( i.e. 111 or 86 g / head per day ) accompany respective growth curves ( N = 33 per group ) . Figure 7.7 . Results from a bio - economic herd model depicting : ( a ) ...
... growth and time to puberty for heifers born in 1986. Average daily gains ( i.e. 111 or 86 g / head per day ) accompany respective growth curves ( N = 33 per group ) . Figure 7.7 . Results from a bio - economic herd model depicting : ( a ) ...
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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