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Potentials of leys or pasture-based forage production in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Saheed Olaide Jimoh --- , China Yunusa Muhammad Ishiaku --- , Nigeria Tracy Burnett --- , United States Ahmed Adeyemi Amisu --- , Nigeria Rasheed Adekunle Adebayo --- , South AfricaFulani pastoralists are widely distributed across the six geographical zones of Nigeria and migrate from north to south in search of natural grazing lands at times of forage scarcity. This migration leads annually to resource use conflict and deadly attacks... -
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Eric Cofie Timpong-Jones --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Igshaan Samuels --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Felix Owusu Sarkwa --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Kwame Oppong-Anane --- Oporhu Agricultural and Rural Development Consultancy Ltd, Ghana Ayodele Oluwakemi Majekodumni --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), NigeriaThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security together with economic and political stability. Thus, the subregional bloc put together the ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance... -
Cooperation in common property resource management: A group engagement approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Evans Shoko --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Bongani Ncube --- Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South AfricaThis study explored motivational cooperative behaviour types as a communal resource in a rural Zimbabwean setting. Using the group engagement model, the study examined motivational cooperative behaviour types in managing in managing water resources. Thirty community residents of Mhondoro-Ngezi District...