Collective Action for Grazing Land Management in Mixed Crop-livestock Systems in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia
Collective Action for Grazing Land Management in Mixed Crop-livestock Systems in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia

Author: Berhanu Gebremedhin

Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9789291461127

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Communal grazing lands are important sources of feed in developing countries. The uncontrolled and free grazing system prevalent in many developing countries has caused sever degradation of the grazing lands. Several alternative management options have been recommended to solve the degradation of common property resources, including state ownership, imposition and enforcement of use rules and regulations by external organisations such as the government, private ownership and community resource management. This paper examines the nature and determinants of collective action for grazing land management in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands
Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands

Author: J. Pender

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 0896297578

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Deforestation, overgrazing, and unsustainable methods of cultivation are threatening agriculture and food security in the highlands of East Africa. In response, economists and other development professionals have turned their attention to combating the pr

Food Security Effects of Intensified Dairying
Food Security Effects of Intensified Dairying

Author: F. K. Tangka

Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9789291461219

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This study examines the food security and marketed surplus effects of intensified dairying in a peri-urban area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a market-oriented dairy production (MODP) system has been introduced for smallholders. The system involved the introduction of crossbred cows and the utilisation of complementary feed and management technologies for increased dairy production. In this system, increased milk production is treated as a commercial product. Data have also been collected for a group of farmers using traditional technology and are used for comparison.