rangelands
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6448
Future of livestock industries in East and Southern Africa. Proceedings of a workshop
The workshop papers deal with trends in smallholder livestock enterprises, research on smallholder dairy research programmes in subhumid areas, disease control approaches and production systems.
Forage diversity and impact of grazing management on rangeland ecosystems in Mbeere District, Kenya
Forage seed systems in Ethiopia: A scoping study
Foraging behaviour of cattle grazing semi-arid rangelands in the Sahel of Mali
This paper deals with foraging behaviour of cattle grazing semi-arid rangelands in the Sahel of Mali. It discusses the location of study site, vegetation in the grazing orbit, herd management and livestock behaviour. Results on seasonal variation in feed supply, selection of the annual grazing orbit in accessible land and of the daily route in the grazing orbit, selection of herbage mass patches within landscape units and selection of species are also presented in the paper.
Feed resources availability, cattle fattening practices and marketing system in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Availability of major feed resources, cattle fattening practices and marketing system were studied to generate baseline information which can be used for future interventions to develop market oriented cattle fattening program within the integrated mixed crop-livestock system. The study was conducted using cross-sectional survey by interviewing a total of 153 cattle fattener households proportionally selected from four kebeles in Weina-Dega and two kebeles in Sub- Kolla agro-ecologies of Bure Woreda in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia.