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Library ResourceJanuary, 1987China
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1987
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1988Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa
This article investigates the encroachment on pastoralist grazing land in Sudan (as a result of the mechanised farming in the Sudan).
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1988Kenya, Somalia, Sub-Saharan Africa
This article discusses the enclosure of rangelands and registration of exclusive rights to grazing by individuals or groups of pastoralists. This trend has been increasing greatly over the last twenty years. This occurs because:it is encouraged by governments, planners and multi-lateral donor agencies in an attempt to 'rationalise'the use of rangelands.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 1987Botswana, Sub-Saharan Africa
This article discusses the zoning of 'Communual Areas' on tribal grazing land in Botswana, in which communities retain collective land rights.From the experience gained during six years of attempting to establish and operate communal grazing cells a number of conclusions can be drawn in relation to co-operative action and development project approaches and in the communal areas of Botswanahe communal grazing cell scheme was badly designed.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 1987
Presents results of studies on the utilization of agricultural by-products as livestock feeds in Africa. Discusses methods of estimating the nutritive value of fibre residues and feed legumes, feed intake and digestibility, prospects of utilizing urea-treated maize stover, agroindustrial by-products and the chemical analysis of feeds.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1987
Presents a theoritical outline of the techniques in the use of tritiated water (HTO) which can be used to estimate total body water, body composition, water turnover, milk intake and feed intake. Highlights its potential errors and gives a comprehensive methodology for the use of tritiated water under field conditions.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1987Sudan, Africa, Northern Africa
Describes the characteristics of dairy production and processing in South Darfur and provides an analysis of the way in which pastoral families vary their diets according to seasonal food shortages and shifting terms of trade between milk and food grains.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1987
Examines the relative merits of milk versus meat production by African pastoralists. Discusses the implications for livestock development policy.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1987Africa, Eastern Africa
Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.
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