The Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of Pastoral Research, Development, and Change, 1980-91David Layne Coppock |
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Acacia Acacia seyal Acacia tortilis Addis Ababa Africa animals annual Arero Assefa Eshete average rainfall Billé Boran Boran cattle Borana Plateau Borana system brevispica calf mortality calves camels CARE-Ethiopia cattle population cattle production constraints Cossins and Upton cowpea cows cultivation D. L. Coppock density Donaldson drought drought-recovery phase dry season ecological effects encampments Ethiopia Ethiopian highlands forage forra Gabra grain grass grazing growth high-density phase highlands Hodgson human population ILCA impact improved increased intake interventions Kenya labour lactation legumes livestock livestock production long rains lowlands Maasai madda maize Menwyelet Atsedu milk offtake milk production Mulugeta Assefa 1990 Nicholson nutrition pastoral systems pastoralists personal communication plants ponds Pratt and Gwynne projects ranch range regional reported result Section semi-arid small ruminants soils SORDU southern rangelands species stocking rates study area system dynamics TLDP tortilis traditional unpublished data vegetation Vertisols woody Yabelo