Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve contains Africa’s best preserved miombo woodlands. Half of
the households there gather wild honey from natural hives for consumption and income. However, most
collectors used destructive techniques: setting fire to the grasses under the
hive tree to create smoke and...
Snook, L.K.
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Alves, T.
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Sousa, C.
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Loo, J.
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Gratzer, G.
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Duguma, L.
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Schrotter, C.
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Ribeiro, N.
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Mahanzule, R.
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Mazuze, F.
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Cuco, E.
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Elias, M.
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[Relearning traditional knowledge to achieve sustainability: honey gathering in the miombo woodlands of northern Mozambique]
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Relearning traditional knowledge to achieve sustainability: honey gathering in the miombo woodlands of northern Mozambique
Presents and discusses the results of a 3 year experiment carried - in the Niger flood plains of central Mali - to compare the effects of burning with cutting, grazing & complete exclosure. Makes suggestions for improved burning practices for range management.
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Diarra, L.
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[Savanna burning, a controversial technique for rangeland management in the Niger flood plains of central Mali]
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Savanna burning, a controversial technique for rangeland management in the Niger flood plains of central Mali
Dicusses techniques used by pastoralists in establishing fodder banks; includes seed bed preparation, manuring & weed control. Also discusses the grazing behaviour of cattle with ref. to the fodder bank, utilization of the bank, and factors affecting regeneration.
Suleiman, H.
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[Fodder banks: Problems and perceptions of participant pastoralists]
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Fodder banks: Problems and perceptions of participant pastoralists
Kugbe, J
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Denich, M.
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Fosu, M.
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Tamene, Lulseged
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Vlek, Paul L.G.
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[Season of burn influences fire induced P-losses in Ghana]
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Season of burn influences fire induced P-losses in Ghana