scholarly journals Pastoral farming system and its temporal shift: A case of Borana zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1233-1238
Author(s):  
Mengistu Dirriba ◽  
Tefera Simbone ◽  
Biru Bely
Keyword(s):  
Farming System ◽  
Temporal Shift ◽  
Regional State ◽  
Borana Zone ◽  
Pastoral Farming

The pastoral farming system

2019 ◽  
pp. 318-353
Author(s):  
Jan de Leeuw ◽  
Philip Osano ◽  
Mohammed Said ◽  
Augustine Ayantunde ◽  
Sikhalazo Dube ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Farming System ◽  
Pastoral Farming

The status of ticks and tick-borne diseases under pastoral farming system in Uganda

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Okello-Onen ◽  
T Rutagwenda ◽  
F Unger ◽  
W Mwayi ◽  
E Erima
Keyword(s):  
Farming System ◽  
The Status ◽  
Pastoral Farming

Comparison of available and required metabolisable energy (ME) resources for livestock during winter in an agro-pastoral system of the Hindu Kush – Himalayan region of Pakistan

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 60-60
Author(s):  
R. Abdur ◽  
A.J. Duncan ◽  
I.J. Gordon ◽  
I. A. Wright ◽  
D.W. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arable Land ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Subsistence Farming ◽  
Marginal Lands ◽  
Pastoral System ◽  
Hindu Kush ◽  
Metabolisable Energy ◽  
Pastoral Farming

The semi-arid Hindu-Kush-Karakoram-Himalayan region of Pakistan covers 72,000 sq km with a rainfall of 100-400 mm per year5. Limited arable land and water scarcity have made subsistence farming the dominant agro-pastoral farming system. Each household keeps a range of ruminant livestock species such as goats, cattle, sheep, donkeys and yaks their proportion in the herd are 0.53, 0.23, 0.19, 0.03 and 0.02 respectively. In winter, livestock are confined and stall-fed on stored roughages or grazed on marginal lands and fallow agricultural fields close to the villages. The aim of this study was to quantify nutritional inputs in terms of metabolisable energy resources, and to compare these with ME requirements of the animals for maintenance over winter.

scholarly journals Increasing production through stocking rate

1990 ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
W.R. Nixon
Keyword(s):  
Crop Residues ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
First Year ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Pasture Management ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Grass Growth ◽  
Milk Solids ◽  
Pastoral Farming

Our objectives as farmers are to sustain a pastoral farming system that converts the optimum amount of grass grown to milk solids. The key to achieving this is by adopting the correct stocking rate. On our property,production has increased from 330 kg milkfat/ha in the first year to 430kg milkfat/ha in the second year. Conservation is not the preferred option when dealing with surpluses. A combination of supplements, nitrogen and off-farm grazing is used to make up the deficits. The absence of a mid-season slump in grass growth results in a sustained production curve through the season. This is a feature of borderdyke dairy farming. The correct stocking rate will enable costly grass surpluses and deficits to be kept to a minimum. The distribution of grass growth on our farm is what is really important, not total dry matter. The availability of crop residues and off-farm grazing in this area can be used profitably to make up feed deficits. Production Increases in the short term will come through improvements in sward composition, fertility, cow quality and irrigation. Longer term, production increases can come only through growing more grass and finding the correct blend of calving date, stocking rate and drying-off date, to utilise that grass to the optimum. Keywords: dairy farming, stocking rate, borderdyke, pasture management

Prevalence, risk factors, and major bacterial causes of camel mastitis in Borana Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1589-1595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemayehu Regassa ◽  
Gelma Golicha ◽  
Dawit Tesfaye ◽  
Fufa Abunna ◽  
Bekele Megersa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Regional State ◽  
Borana Zone
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