International Livestock Center for AfricaILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
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administrators African livestock industry animal husbandry arable land Behnke borehole development cattle ceteris paribus commercial agriculture commercial fodder common range contemporary Africa costs and benefits development potential district drought dry Africa ecological economic growth enclosed pastures encourage enclosure examines factors farm fencing of rangeland forms of animal further enclosure grazing land grazing stock groups growth of commercial hay-making herd mobility herd operators herd owners herd performance herders human migration improved increase individuals inputs interior plateau Khartoum labour land laws large numbers limited livestock management livestock owners local livestock local-level long-term nomadic areas open range open-range overgrazing overstocking pastoral areas pastoralists peak permanent water planners policy-makers political private enclosure private holdings problems profitable range enclosure movements regional livestock production rural scarcity season shift from open South Darfur spontaneous enclosure Spontaneous range enclosure standing crop standing hay Sudan sustain techniques thorn fencing total livestock water development