July 14th, 2015
Responses of vegetation and soils to three grazing management regimes in a semi-arid highland mixed crop-livestock system
Published by African Journal of Ecology, March 1st, 2015
In this article (PDF) in the African Journal of Ecology, three grazing regimes currently applied in Tigrai region of northern Ethiopia were compared to identify the best grazing management in key native vegetation and soil attributes. The methods used include a vegetation sampling, a soil sampling and a data analysis. The indigenous vegetation and soil parameters measured in the three grazing regimes suggest that grazing systems in the semi-arid highland mixed crop-livestock farming in Ethiopia were able to regain key vegetation attributes and soil properties provided that proper management in the form of seasonal resting is applied on regular basis.