Search Results - "Rangeland"

Composition of body and carcass gain of castrate Matabele goats fed complete cereal-based diets differing in roughage inclusion level to slaughter after 10 kg liveweight gain by Hatendi, P.R., Ndlovu, L.R., Smith, T., Said, A.N.

“…Four maize-based diets containing either 50 per cent (VH50), 33 per cent (VH33), 22 per cent (VH22) or 10 per cent (VH10) rangeland (veld) hay were offered ad libitum to 40 castrated Matabele goats aged either 18 or 24 months and slaughtered after 10 kg liveweight gain. …”
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The yak by Wiener, G., Ruijun, L., Han Jianlin

“…Traditionally, yak are managed in a transhumance system dictated by the seasons, but since the 1990s this system has been breaking down as herders are given ownership of animals and rights to parcels of rangeland. One calf every two years is the norm, and most usually not before three years of age. …”
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Effect of rainfall intensity, slope, land use and antecedent soil moisture on soil erosion in an arid environment by Ziadat, Feras M., Taimeh AY

“…Two sites, one cultivated with barley and one as rangeland, were selected within each slope. Erosion was measured under three rainfall intensities: 3, 5 and 10 mm h−1; and three different antecedent soil moisture contents: dry, wet and very wet; using a rotating disk rainfall simulator. …”
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Piloting the Pioneer Positive Deviance (P-PD) approach for producer-led scaling in the pastoralist context of Dassenech Woreda, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia by Worku, Tigist, Habermann, Birgit, Getahun, Elizabeth, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Achandi, Esther L

“…These behaviors included animal health management, feed and fodder management, rangeland governance, rapid adoption of new practices, experimentation, and knowledge sharing. …”
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Holistic versus continuous grazing in Patagonia: A station-scale case study of plant and animal production by Oliva, Gabriel Esteban, Ferrante, Daniela, Cepeda, Carla Tamara, Humano, Gervasio, Puig, Silvina

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What Are the Main Limits to Smallholder Livestock Production in the Tropics - According to Farmers? by Duncan, Alan J.

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Biophysical limits to global food production by Penning de Vries, Frits W. T., Van Keulen, H., Rabbinge, R., Luyten, J. C.

“…However, if trade can distribute food efficiently across the globe, all people may consume an affluent diet, but at the expense of intensive use of two-thirds of the globe for arable crops and rangeland.…”
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Data on the Land Cover Transition, Subsequent Landscape Degradation, and Improvement in Semi-Arid Rainfed Agricultural Land in North–West Tunisia by Shiri, Zahra, Frija, Aymen, Rejeb, Hichem, Ouerghemmi, Hassen, Le, Quang Bao

“…For the three main LC classes (forest, crops, and rangeland) representing 98.9% of the total area in 2022, the landscape metrics, especially the number of patches, reflected a 105% increase in landscape fragmentation between 2017 and 2022.…”
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Environmental controls on peak carbon uptake across four Kenyan dryland ecosystems by Odongo, Vincent O., Leitner, Sonja, Räsänen, M., Omondi, J.O., Pellikka, P., Vesala, T., Heiskanen, J., Rinne, J., Dowling, T.P.F., Korczynski, J., Wooster, M.J., Mauder, M., Merbold, Lutz

“…We synthesized eddy covariance observations from four contrasting sites: Kapiti, an open grassland rangeland; Choke, a wooded savanna; Maktau, a smallholder cropland; and Ausquest, a commercial cropland. …”
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Changes in water flows and water productivity upon vegetation regeneration on degraded hillslopes in northern Ethiopia: a water balance modelling exercise by Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Raes, Dirk, Nyssen, Jan, Poesen, J., Haile, M., Deckers, J.

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Genetic variation between ecotypic populations of Chloris roxburghiana grass detected through RAPD analysis by Mnene, W.N., Hanson, Jean, Ekaya, Wellington N., Kinyamario, J.I., Mweki, P., Lall, G., Stuth, J.W., Jamnadass, Ramni H.

“…Chloris roxburghiana is an important rangeland grass in Kenya. In some areas it has disappeared due to land degradation resulting from overgrazing and drought. …”
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Arquetipos Funcionales de Pastizal: Recuperando el eslabón perdido de la evaluación de pastizales en la Patagonia by Easdale, Marcos Horacio, Castillo, Daniel Alejandro, Aramayo, Maria Valeria Del Luján, Sello, Mario Eugenio, Umaña, Fernando, Maddio, Rafael Adrián, Perri, Daiana Vanesa, Farina, Clara Maria, Bruzzone, Octavio Augusto

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Equity in ecosystem restoration by Wells, H. B. M., Kirobi, E. H., Chen, C. L., Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Vågen, Tor-Gunnar, Ahmad, M.N., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J.

“…To address these gaps, we use a mixed methods approach, integrating spatially explicit ecological and social data to evaluate, through an equity lens, a restoration project in a semi-arid rangeland socioecological system in Kenya. We use questionnaires and semi-structured key informant interviews to explore four dimensions of equity: distributional, procedural, recognitional, and contextual. …”
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Importance of grazing management in improving water use efficiency of pastures with tropical forage grasses by Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Jiménez, Juan, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Rao, Idupulapati M., Peters, Michael

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Comparing Empirical with Perceived Trends in Wildlife, Livestock, Human Population and Settlement Numbers in Pastoral Systems: The Greater Maasai Mara Ecosystem, Kenya by Kariuki, Juliet B., Ogutu, Joseph O., Kifugo, Shem C., Senteu, Jully S., Ojwang, Gordon, Olff, Han

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Feed Markets in the Late Dry Season across Agro-Ecological Zones in Burkina Faso by Ayantunde, Augustine A., Doamba, E., Hebie, M., Sogoba, D., Same, R., Blummel, Michael

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Status, Management, and Governance of the Communal Grasslands of Ethiopia's Highlands: A Disappearing Asset for Mixed Crop-Livestock Livelihood Systems by Eba, Bedasa, Flintan, Fiona E., Getachew, Tesfa, Sircely, Jason A.

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One health insights into pastoralists’ perceptions on zoonotic diseases in Ethiopia: perspectives from South Omo Zone of SNNP Region by Alemu, S.T., Ero, D., Mor, Siobhan M.

“…This research adopted a grounded theory approach and attempted to capture the perception of Hamer and Dassenetch pastoralists on zoonotic diseases and rangeland health through focus group discussions and key informant interviews. …”
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Towards a low-emission agrifood sector in the People’s Republic of China: A country profile by Song, Ziqian, Zhang, Yumei, Xiong, Wei, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Three main categories of measures have been identified that are advancing low-emission agriculture in China: (i) adopt protective cultivation practices; (ii) enhance carbon sequestration in forest, rangeland and wetland ecosystems; and (iii) develop innovative low-emission technologies and practices. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya by Zhu, Yuhao, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Merbold, Lutz, Oduor, Collins, Gakige, Jesse K., Mwangi, Paul, Leitner, Sonja

“…To improve the estimate of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from tropical rangelands in sub-Saharan Africa, we measured GHG emissions from sheep excreta over two periods of 51 days on a Kenya rangeland. …”
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