Influence of Livestock Grazing on Range Condition in South-West Masailand, Northern Tanzania

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. B. Myalyosi
Author(s):  
Julián Clemente Ramos

Castilrubio es una dehesa situada en el SW del término de Medellín. Hemos seguido su evolución a través fundamentalmente de unas ricas fuentes procesales que nos han permitido integrar toda la problemática relacionada con el mundo rural y las estructuras de poder. Hasta mediados del siglo XV se encuentra rodeada de una densa vegetación. El proceso de roturación, en un contexto de crecimiento agrario y conflictividad política, va a desencadenar un proceso de usurpación que refrenda posteriormente la justicia real. Se documenta una explotación a pasto y labor a mediados del XV, sustituida posteriormente en un contexto de subida de las hierbas por un aprovechamiento prioritariamente ganadero. En calidad de propietarios y luego de arrendatarios, labradores y élites rurales tienen un importante protagonismo.AbstractCastilrubio is a pastureland located south-west of Medellin (Extremadura). We have detailed its evolution essentially using rich judicial records that have allowed us to combine issues regarding rural society with power structures. Until the middle of the fifteenth century these lands were surrounded by dense vegetation. The process of clearing the land in a context of agricultural growth and political conflict will trigger a phenomenon whereby land will be illegally appropriated, but eventually legalized by royal authority. This land was used for agriculture and livestock by the mid fifteenth century, but later exclusively used for livestock grazing in the context of the rise in the price of pasture. Farmers and rural elites play an important role first as owners and then as tenants of this property.


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haseeb Ahmed ◽  
Douglas R. Call ◽  
Robert J. Quinlan ◽  
Jonathan K. Yoder

AbstractLivestock health is economically important for agropastoral households whose wealth is held partly as livestock. Households can invest in disease prevention and treatment, but livestock disease risk is also affected by grazing practices that result in inter-herd contact and disease transmission in regions with endemic communicable diseases. This paper examines the relationships between communal grazing and antimicrobial use in Maasai, Chagga and Arusha households in northern Tanzania. We develop a theoretical model of the economic connection between communal grazing, disease transmission risk, risk perceptions, and antimicrobial use, and derive testable hypotheses about these connections. Regression results suggest that history of disease and communal grazing are associated with higher subjective disease risk and greater antimicrobial use. We discuss the implications of these results in light of the potential for relatively high inter-herd disease transmission rates among communal grazers and potential contributions to antimicrobial resistance due to antimicrobial use.


2020 ◽  
pp. 51-59
Author(s):  
Harikesh Saharan ◽  
Himanshi Dhiman ◽  
Somveer Jakhar

Community forestry is an important form of forests and provides resources to over a half billion people in developing countries. They also play a significant part in mitigating the CO2 levels by sequestering a significant amount of carbon in the soil as well as biomass. The present paper assessed floristic diversity and vegetation structure in three different community forests of southwest Haryana which is a part of tropical dry deciduous forests. The vegetation sampling and data analysis were done following standard procedures. A total of 76 plant species belonging to 37 families in the form of 11 trees, 13 species of shrubs, 46 species of herbs, and 6 species of climbers are documented from all three sites. Poaceae was the most specious family in three sites. The highest tree diversity was recorded in Bhera forest followed by Daya and Dhanger. Regarding understory, the forest of Daya has a greater diversity than Bhera and Dhanger forests. Salavadora oleoides was the dominant tree species in Daya site and Dhanger site while in Bhera the dominant tree species was Ailanthus excelsa. The incidence of rampant livestock grazing and other anthropogenic disturbances were visible in all three sites which are primarily responsible for the degradation of these already fragmented village community forests.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
Ayotunde Ale ◽  
Opeyemi Aloro ◽  
Ayanbola Adepoju
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2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 121-122
Author(s):  
Olufunmilayo Adeleye ◽  
Ejiofor Ugwu ◽  
Anthonia Ogbera ◽  
Akinola Dada ◽  
Ibrahim Gezawa ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 102 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 437-443
Author(s):  
B. M. Sharma
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