The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91

This document is divided in eight chapters. The first chapter reviews rangelands and rangeland development in Ethiopia. The second chapter is an introduction to the Borana Plateau with ref. to natural resources and pastoral society. It reviews secondary information on geology and sociology, as well...

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Main Author: Coppock, D. Layne
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4203
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description This document is divided in eight chapters. The first chapter reviews rangelands and rangeland development in Ethiopia. The second chapter is an introduction to the Borana Plateau with ref. to natural resources and pastoral society. It reviews secondary information on geology and sociology, as well as original information on climate, soils, wildlife, plant ecology and water resources for the central Borana Plateau. Chapter three deals with vegetation dynamics and resource use. It reviews ecological site classification and mapping of the central Borana Plateau and aspects of environmental change induced by pastoral land use. The fourth chapter reviews aspects of Borana household composition and economy as they pertain to average rainfall years during the 1980s. Related topics include labour allocation, livestock marketing, milk processing, dairy marketing and cultivation. Chapter five highlights work from experimental trials and producer surveys concerning livestock management and productivity in the Borana system. Chapter six reviews the impacts of the 1983-84 drought on the Borana production system and outlines key tactics that households used in response to drought. Development intervention concepts is the topic of chapter 7. The last chapter summarises key ideas from previous chapters into a concise development strategy for the southern rangelands.
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spelling CGSpace42032025-11-04T20:26:33Z The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91 Coppock, D. Layne borana ethnic group pastoralism agricultural development social change natural resources households marketing animal husbandry livestock numbers drought This document is divided in eight chapters. The first chapter reviews rangelands and rangeland development in Ethiopia. The second chapter is an introduction to the Borana Plateau with ref. to natural resources and pastoral society. It reviews secondary information on geology and sociology, as well as original information on climate, soils, wildlife, plant ecology and water resources for the central Borana Plateau. Chapter three deals with vegetation dynamics and resource use. It reviews ecological site classification and mapping of the central Borana Plateau and aspects of environmental change induced by pastoral land use. The fourth chapter reviews aspects of Borana household composition and economy as they pertain to average rainfall years during the 1980s. Related topics include labour allocation, livestock marketing, milk processing, dairy marketing and cultivation. Chapter five highlights work from experimental trials and producer surveys concerning livestock management and productivity in the Borana system. Chapter six reviews the impacts of the 1983-84 drought on the Borana production system and outlines key tactics that households used in response to drought. Development intervention concepts is the topic of chapter 7. The last chapter summarises key ideas from previous chapters into a concise development strategy for the southern rangelands. 1994 2011-07-19T06:18:42Z 2011-07-19T06:18:42Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4203 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Centre for Africa
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households
marketing
animal husbandry
livestock numbers
drought
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The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title_full The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title_fullStr The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title_full_unstemmed The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title_short The Borana plateau of southern Ethiopia: Synthesis of pastoral research, development and change, 1980-91
title_sort borana plateau of southern ethiopia synthesis of pastoral research development and change 1980 91
topic borana ethnic group
pastoralism
agricultural development
social change
natural resources
households
marketing
animal husbandry
livestock numbers
drought
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