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Reports the 1984 achievments and the 1985 workprogramme of the Range Science Unit (ILCA) in Niger.


Ridder, N.A. de[Annual report 1984 and work programme 1985 in Niger]Annual report 1984 and work programme 1985 in Niger

Nganga, Irene N.Robinson, Lance W.Abdu, N.H.Ontiri, E.Senda, T.S.[A comparative analysis of three community-based rangeland management cases: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project]A comparative analysis of three community-based rangeland management cases: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project

About 14 % of the world's cattle and 21 % of its sheep and goats are found in Africa on a land base that comprises 25 % of the world's total area of rangelands. Most of these rangelands are or have in the past been managed under traditional systems of communal tenure. Regrettably, the wide variet...


Swallow, B.M.Bromley, D.W.[LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands]LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands

Describes ILCA's monitoring system of African livestock Development schemes in Sub-Sahara range areas, with particular reference to the interdisciplinary exercise of following the important changes of livestock production systems, mentioning conceptual Development, methodological problems & attem...


Jahnke, Hans E.[Monitoring of livestock Development schemes in sub-Saharan African range areas: The approach of the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA)]Monitoring of livestock Development schemes in sub-Saharan African range areas: The approach of the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA)

Presents a comparative evaluation of population estimates based on data from ground and aerial surveys for a number of districts for which contemporary records are available. Gives an exploratory analysis of aerial surveys in six northern districts to detect trends in livestock populations over t...


Leeuw, P.N. de[Livestock populations in Kenyan rangelands: An analysis of trends using census and aerial survey data]Livestock populations in Kenyan rangelands: An analysis of trends using census and aerial survey data
Autor: Swallow, B.M.

This chapter Reports on the major research work carried out in Lesotho and the analysis of the livestock industry in the context of rangeland utilization with overall implications for marketing. In this context the results have importance for similar livestock/range problems elsewhere in Africa. ...


Swallow, B.M.[Marketing, livestock Development, and rangeland utilization]Marketing, livestock Development, and rangeland utilization
Autor: Reed, J.D.

Discusses the relationships between three digestion inhibitors (lignin, tannin, and biogenic silica) and the feeding behaviour of six African ungulates (Thomson's gazelle, grants gazelle, Kongoni, wildebeest, camels, and cattle (Bos indicus)) in relation to browse/grass comparisons and mixed spec...


Reed, J.D.[Nutritive value of range plants, inhibitory plant compounds, and mixed species utilization]Nutritive value of range plants, inhibitory plant compounds, and mixed species utilization

A study conducted at Beke station, Borana (Ethiopia), to assess the potential producitivity of indigenous sheep and goats under traditional Gabbra management conditions. Summarises monthly parturition and distribution of birth, birth weight, live weight, daily weight gain from birth to weaning, f...


Dessalegne, B.[Small stock production in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia]Small stock production in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia

Looks into the nature of African rangelands, cattle & small stock production/productivity, nutrition limitations to production, improvement of rangeland and conservation of arid range land; presents data on estimated yield of cows in ILCA pastoral programmes, production characteristics of sheep a...


Butterworth, M.H.Lambourne, L.J.[Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands]Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands
Autor: Cossins, N.J.

Summarizes the resource conservation and productivity improvement of African rangelands under communal land tenure. Presents data on livestock production in E. Africa & comparable regions, comparative costs of offtake & energy, comparative production per man-day and comparative production paramet...


Cossins, N.J.[Resource conservation and productivity improvement under communal land tenure]Resource conservation and productivity improvement under communal land tenure

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