Fire, grazing, browsing and tree cutting are major anthropogenic determinants of vegetation patterns in African savannas. In Burkina Faso forest management policies prohibit grazing while recommending annual early fire and selective tree cutting of 50% of the merchantable standing volume on a 20-...
Zida, D.
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Sawadogo, L.
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Tigabu, M.
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Tiveau, D.
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Oden, P.C.
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[Dynamics of sapling population in savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso subjected to grazing, early fire and selective tree cutting for a decade]
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Dynamics of sapling population in savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso subjected to grazing, early fire and selective tree cutting for a decade
The broader ecological and social contexts within which livestock husbandry of Sudano-Sahelian West Africa operates have changed significantly over the past thirty years. This study concerns how: (1) these broader trends have affected the quantity and quality of labor investments into livestock h...
Turner, M.D.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Changing access to labor, pastures, and knowledge: the extensification of grazing management in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa]
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Changing access to labor, pastures, and knowledge: the extensification of grazing management in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa
To address the problem of restricted access to grazing by cattle in wet season in the Sahel, a grazing trial was conducted to study the effect of duration of grazing and grazing method on cattle nutrition and performance. Twenty-four intact steers weighing 259 kg (SD=62) were randomly allotted to...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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[Implications of restricted access to grazing by cattle in wet season in the Sahel]
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Implications of restricted access to grazing by cattle in wet season in the Sahel
An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of mixed grazing of sheep plus cattle under continuous stocking of permanent pasture at different sward heights. The experiment had a 2 × 3 factorial design, with two sward surface heights (4-5 and 8-10 cm) and three combinations of animal specie...
Wright, Iain A.
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Jones, J.R.
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Davies, D.A.
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Davidson, G.R.
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Vale, J.E.
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[The effect of sward surface height on the response to mixed grazing by cattle and sheep]
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The effect of sward surface height on the response to mixed grazing by cattle and sheep
Investigates Nitrogen and Phosphorus transfers in a crop - livestock system in the subhumid zone of Nigeria. Estimates N and P removed from cropland during crop residue grazing and returned to the land through manure, and the contribution crop residues make to cattle diet during the dry season.
Powell, J.M.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Nitrogen and phosphorus transfers in a crop-livestock system in West Africa]
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Nitrogen and phosphorus transfers in a crop-livestock system in West Africa
The effect of grazing cattle on vegetation was studied on a natural pasture during the rainy and dry seasons of 1995 in the Ethiopian highlands. The study used 0.01 ha plots, established on 0-4 percent and 4-8 percent slopes located close to each other at Debre Zeit research station, 50 km South ...
Mwendera, E.J.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Woldu, Z.
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[Vegetation response to cattle grazing in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Vegetation response to cattle grazing in the Ethiopian highlands
The effect of grazing pressure on infiltration, runoff, and soil loss was studied on a natural pasture during the 1995 rainy season in the Ethiopian highlands. The study was conducted on 0.01 ha plots established on sites with 0-4 percent and 4-8 percent slopes at the International Livestock Rese...
Mwendera, E.J.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Hydrologic response to cattle grazing in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Hydrologic response to cattle grazing in the Ethiopian highlands
In Nigeria, researcher-managed and farmer-managed West African Dwarf goats were grazed on Stylosanthes hamata (stylo) fodder banks at stocking rates of 29, 43 and 57 goats/ha and 22-25, 42-43, 50-55 and 68-92 goats/ha, respectively. Extrusa samples were taken from oesophageally fistulated goats t...
Njwe, R.M.
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Ikwuegbu, O.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Little, D.A.
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[Effect of stocking rate on the botanical composition and nutritive value of diets selected by West African Dwarf goats maintained on researcher-managed and farmer-managed stylo fodder banks during the cropping season in central Nigeria]
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Effect of stocking rate on the botanical composition and nutritive value of diets selected by West African Dwarf goats maintained on researcher-managed and farmer-managed stylo fodder banks during the cropping season in central Nigeria
Transhumance, the seasonal movement of herds occurring between two points and following precise routes repeated each year, is practiced on a broad scale in the open field areas of Tigray (North Ethiopia). This article presents a characterization of the practice, factors that explain its magnitude...
Nyssen, Jan
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Zenebe, A.
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Poesen, J.
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Deckers, J.
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Haile, M.
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[Transhumance in the Tigray highlands (Ethiopia)]
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Transhumance in the Tigray highlands (Ethiopia)