In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel]
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Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel
Grazing and herd management in sub-Saharan Africa is discussed in a broad ecological, agricultural and geopolitical context. A brief historical overview of the Development of the livestock sector is presented, followed by an assessment of feed supplies and livestock densities in major ecological ...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Mihoso, V.M.
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[Grazing pressure in sub-Saharan Africa: An historical perspective]
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Grazing pressure in sub-Saharan Africa: An historical perspective
In the Sahel, opportunistic resource management operates with communal access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights and land tenure systems that include particular access rights to key pastoral resources. The pastoral Development approaches attached to the concept o...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Implications of the 'new rangeland paradigm' for natural resource management]
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Implications of the 'new rangeland paradigm' for natural resource management
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Diarra, L.
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[Is it possible to improve the traditional grazing management in the flood plain of the Niger river in central Mali?]
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Is it possible to improve the traditional grazing management in the flood plain of the Niger river in central Mali?