Forage intake and feeding behaviour of cattle grazing during day and/or night was studied in Sadore between February and May (late dry season) 1995 and, in Toukounous, Niger, between July 1995 and May 1996, covering wet (WS), early dry (EDS) and late dry (LDS) seasons. In Sadore, 24 steers grazed...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Fernández Rivera, A.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Keulen, H. van
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Udo, H.M.J.
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[Forage intake and feeding behaviour of day and/or night grazing cattle in sahelian rangelands]
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Forage intake and feeding behaviour of day and/or night grazing cattle in sahelian rangelands
Published and new data from experiments conducted in several range sites in Niger and Mali were analysed to assess wet season, dry season and year-round animal weight changes, stocking rates, forage availability, feed intake and faecal excretions of cattle, sheep and goats. Herbage availability o...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Sangare, M.
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Schlecht, E.
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[Foraging efficiency, stocking rates, grazing pressure and livestock weight changes in the Sahel]
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Foraging efficiency, stocking rates, grazing pressure and livestock weight changes in the Sahel
Short-duration rotation grazing was compared with deferred grazing in a 3-year experiment at ICRISAT, Niger. Short-duration grazing used a mixed herd (2 steers, 4 sheep and 4 goats) and cycles of 15-21 days in the wet season and 91 days in the dry season. Wet season grazing compared high (83-126 ...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel]
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Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel
The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI) sponsored an International Conference on Policy and Institutional Options for the Management of Rangelands in Dry Areas, May 7-11, 2001 in Hammamet, Tunisia. The conference focused on institutional aspects of rangeland mana...
Ngaido, T.
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McCarthy, N.
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Gregorio, M. di
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[International conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas. Workshop summary paper]
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International conference on policy and institutional options for the management of rangelands in dry areas. Workshop summary paper
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
This paper reviews the work of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and traces the origin of the centre. The relevance of its programme to the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region is outlined.
Lahlou-Kassi, A.
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[International Livestock Research Institute: Mandate, programme and potential contribution to rangeland improvement in the WANA region]
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International Livestock Research Institute: Mandate, programme and potential contribution to rangeland improvement in the WANA region
Controlled grazing management is considered as an effective strategy to enhance soil carbon sequestration, but empirical evidences are scarce. Particularly, the role of livestock exclusion related to soil carbon sequestration is not well understood in arid and semiarid savannas of Africa. We inve...
Aynekulu, Ermias
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Tsegaye, D.
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Feyissa, K.
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Angassa, A.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Shepherd, Keith D.
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[Long-term livestock exclosure did not affect soil carbon in southern Ethiopian rangelands]
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Long-term livestock exclosure did not affect soil carbon in southern Ethiopian rangelands
International Livestock Research Institute
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[Summary of research results: Short-resting and reseeding―Shompole and Olkiramatian Group ranches, Kajiado]
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Summary of research results: Short-resting and reseeding―Shompole and Olkiramatian Group ranches, Kajiado
Pastoralists in the wildlife-rich East African rangelands use diversification into conservation and tourism as a strategy to supplement livestock-based livelihoods and to spread risk. Tourism incomes are an important alternative source during drought, when livestock incomes decline. However, tour...
Bedelian, Claire
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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[Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya]
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Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya
Nganga, Irene N.
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Robinson, Lance W.
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[Community-based rangeland management in Il’Ngwesi group ranch, Laikipia, Kenya: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project]
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Community-based rangeland management in Il’Ngwesi group ranch, Laikipia, Kenya: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project