AbstractOpen grazing is a main issue in Nigeria today, as Fulani herdsmen take farms by force with weapons like AK47s, which also affects the farmers of Anambra South Senatorial Zone. Further, there are different views on what open grazing is, which takes focus off its impacts t…
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The commercialization of the guinea fowl has become a trend in many countries including the United States (Nahashon et al., 2006). Guinea Fowl were first introduced in the United States from Africa before the Civil War. There are three principle varieties of helmeted guinea fowl…
An agent based-model of mobility of pastoralists was developed and applied to the semi-arid rangeland region extending from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. This model was used to investigate temporal adaptation of pastoralists to the spatial heterogeneity of their environme…
In Pakistan, soil salinity is a threat to the irrigated and arid lands alike on roughly 6.3 m ha. of farmland. Resource-poor farmers, and the extension agencies who serve them, are looking for inexpensive, easy to understand management methods to assist in the remedial work. To …
Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) and geostatistical techniques were used to predict diet quality of sub-Saharan African (SSA) livestock, and to create cokriged estimated diet quality maps for cattle across a landscape. Rations of native vegetation were stall-fed to …
Pastoral nomadism in arid and semiarid regions has evolved over many centuries as a rational response to uncertain climatic conditions and fragile ecosystems. Nomads are the main inhabitants of the bast area of marginal rangeland in Saudi Arabia. However, in the past few decades…
Point based biophysical simulation of forage production coupled with 1-km AVHRR-NDVI data was used to determine the feasibility of projecting forage condition 84 days into the future to support stocking decision making for livestock production using autoregressive integrated mov…
Biological degradation of lands resulting in wood, food and fodder shortages is a major problem in Azad Kashmir. Limited tree resources are rapidly dwindling, thus widening the gap between the demand and supply of essential products. Population increase has put enormous pressure…
Field experiments were conducted to investigate the seed attributes, movements and fates of dispersal units, and seedling establishment of Chrysopogon aucheri and Cymbopogon jwarancusa in a representative grassland ecosystem in upland Balochistan, Pakistan. Cymbopogon jwarancusa…
Native plants on arid rangelands are extensively colonized by non-destructive fungal root endophytes. Their proposed function in nutrient stressed environments is to access nutrients from recalcitrant organic and inorganic sources and supply them to the host. Four greenhouse and…
The Rio Grande Wild Turkey (RGWT, Meleagris gallopavo intermedia ) is a large gallinaceous bird native to Texas that requires a variety of cover types to maintain a stable population. Habitat management is therefore a critical component for RGWT populations. The purpose of this …
In order to maintain the art and traditional Arab heritage of falconry, immediate attempts must be implemented to maintain the declining population and habitat of the Houbara Bustard. This study discusses issues concerning the institution of falconry and status of the Houbara Bu…
The main objective of this study was to determine twig growth of Phulai (Acacia modesta Wall.) at 3 locations, in Pakistan. The study was initiated in June 1987. To assess mean twig growth, 10 trees were randomly selected at each location and 30 twigs were marked on each tree. T…
Seasonal diets of black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus Californicus) and dietary overlap between black-tailed jackrabbits and cattle were studied from May 1984 to May 1984 in three vegetation types in southern New Mexico. A microhistological technique was used to identify botanical co…
There are thousands hectares of abandoned farmlands in Arizona. Research on practical methods for establishing native plants and wildlife on abandoned farmlands is under way at the Desert Botanical Garden of Phoenix and the University of Arizona. This research is aimed at improv…
In March of 1990, Mongolia initiated political and economic reforms designed to move the communist nation towards democracy and a market economy. While many reforms are now well under way, relatively little progress has been made in instituting management strategies for Mongolia…
The renewable natural resources (RNR) of Senegal form the basis of socioeconomic development for the population of this Sahelian country of West Africa. However, because of the current maladapted policies and practices, these resources are in a crisis that has led to a major deg…
Legume pastures (fodder banks), based primarily on Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano, were developed for the subhumid zone of West Africa to alleviate the dry season nutritional constraints to livestock production. A three-year grazing trial (1990-1993) was conducted to compare the…
The dominant habitat-type of Omo National Park (ONP), Ethiopia, is grassland. This grassland supports a variety of wild herbivores and indigenous people; the latter hunt large herbivores for subsistence or graze their domestic livestock in the Park. Therefore, an understanding o…