Abstract. Over the past decades, range managers have devoted extensive efforts to conserve and restore rangelands and sustain their exploitation but these efforts are more focused on the classic sciences and the exploiters' knowledge and experience have been neglected in the process. Therefore, current study was done to deal with the prioritizing and comparing factors affecting rangeland exploi...

A demonstration of improved banana production and commercialization was conducted in the Nyanghtom district South Omo Zone to enhance livelihoods pastoralists agro-pastoralists area. One variety (Wiliyams-1) used for planted on one hectare land after training given purposively selected 25 trial pastoral agro-pastoral research extension groups 7 nontrial agro-pastorals from preparation harvestin...

abstract. over the past decades, range managers have devoted extensive efforts to conserve and restore rangelands and sustain their exploitation but these efforts are more focused on the classic sciences and the exploiters' knowledge and experience have been neglected in the process. therefore, current study was done to deal with the prioritizing and comparing factors affecting rangeland exploi...

Dry lands are traditionally used and managed by a pastoralist, characterized variable precipitation, climate variability water scarcity. Change in rainfall trend variability’s lead to severe production deficit decline the balance between pasture livestock on which pastoral livelihood depends on. The study was undertaken assess trends of Borana area using monthly record for period 1987-2016 Yabe...

AIM Humans evolved to withstand harsh environments by adaptively decreasing their body size. Thus, adaptation to a hostile environment defers the infancy-childhood transition age (ICT), culminating in short stature. In natural-fertility human societies, this transition is associated with weaning from breastfeeding and the mother's new pregnancy. We therefore used the interbirth interval (IBI) a...