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Evaluates the dry-matter digestibilities of some important herbaceous and browse forages from an arid rangeland in north-western Kenya in a comparative in vitro trial using rumen fluid from indigenous sheep, goats, camel, and Merino sheep.


Coppock, D.L.Ellis, J.E.Waweru, S.K.[A comparative in vitro digestion trial using inoculum of livestock from south Turkana and Kitale, Kenya]A comparative in vitro digestion trial using inoculum of livestock from south Turkana and Kitale, Kenya

A study conducted to characterize the effects of species-specific food habits, body size, and season on various aspects of diet quality and to evaluate diet quality with respect to established feeding standards for maintainance.


Coppock, D.L.Swift, D.M.Ellis, J.E.[Seasonal nutritional characteristics of livestock diets in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem]Seasonal nutritional characteristics of livestock diets in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem

Presents results of a survey designed to determine the effects of distance to market, family wealth, and season on the quantity of dairy products sold per person and per lactating animal. Quantifies the contribution of dairy marketing to the household economy on an annual and seasonal basis and a...


Holden, S.J.Coppock, D.L.[Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia]Effects of distance to market, season, and family wealth on pastoral dairy marketing in Ethiopia
Desta, S.Gebru, G.Tezera, S.Coppock, D.L.[Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia]Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia

In the context of East African pastoralism, improved risk management is proposed to offer ways to promote wealth conservation, reduce poverty, mitigate conflicts, and enhance food security at the household level. The Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) project is a multi-disciplinary, effort funded...


Gebru, G.Desta, S.Coppock, D.L.[Managing risk in pastoral systems: Research and outreach experiences of the Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) Project in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya]Managing risk in pastoral systems: Research and outreach experiences of the Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) Project in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya
Coppock, D.L.[Observations on the traditional logic of pastoral livestock marketing in southern Ethiopia]Observations on the traditional logic of pastoral livestock marketing in southern Ethiopia
Autor: Coppock, D.L.

Ethiopia has a vast lowland area that is important for human subsistence and the national economy. This paper reviews the physical and biological features of the lowlands and some Development perspectives that have been pursued since the 1970s. As elsewhere in Ethiopia, the lowlands have growing ...


Coppock, D.L.[The arid and semiarid low lands of Ethiopia: Environments, pastoral economies and issues in natural resources sustainability]The arid and semiarid low lands of Ethiopia: Environments, pastoral economies and issues in natural resources sustainability

Describes the major changes in institutional structure, philosophy and focus occured at ILCA on the livestock production systems in Africa; reviews the establishment of research priorities on which basis six research thrusts or areas of focus have been selected; examines in detail the primary obj...


Coppock, D.L.Chigaru, P.R.N.[Transition from systems to commodity research at ILCA: Perspectives on cattle production studies 1988-92]Transition from systems to commodity research at ILCA: Perspectives on cattle production studies 1988-92
Autor: Coppock, D.L.

This paper reviews research on aspects of vegetation change and pastoral population dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands during the 1980s and relate these findings to the debate on equilibrial versus non-equilibrial patterns of pastoral ecosystem dynamics. Examines pastoral dynamics and ...


Coppock, D.L.[Vegetation and pastoral dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands: Implications for theory and management]Vegetation and pastoral dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands: Implications for theory and management

This paper explores the potential for, and limits to, sustainable agricultural growth in semi-arid Africa, with a focus on the role of pastoralism. Examines the main pressures on pastoral systems, and on the resource base upon which these depend. The paper argues that it is premature to contempla...


Webb, P.Bisrat, G.Coppock, D.L.[Food security and sustainable growth for pastoral systems in semi-arid Africa]Food security and sustainable growth for pastoral systems in semi-arid Africa

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