Feed both in terms of quantity and quality is a major bottleneck for livestock production in
Ethiopia. Feed resources can be classified as natural pasture, crop residue, improved forage …

El Niño/Southern Oscillation related climate anomalies were analyzed by using a
combination of satellite measurements of elevated sea-surface temperatures and …

Despite the large livestock population in Ethiopia, the sector's contribution at the micro or
macro level is well below its potential due to various reasons, notably feed shortage and …

This paper reviews the literature on the economic contribution of pastoralism to the national
economies of seven countries, two in the Horn of Africa and five in southern Africa. For all …

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa's Drylands examines the challenges and
opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the …

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-transmitted virus with proven ability to emerge
into naïve geographic areas. Limited field evidence suggests that RVFV is transmitted …

Informal or unofficial cross-border trade (CBT) 1 is an increasingly important phenomenon in
Eastern Africa, but one that remains surrounded by controversy and ignorance. For some …

This article examines innovations in livestock marketing that livestock traders in northern
Kenya use to overcome a host of trading obstacles. Livestock trading in northern Kenya is …

This paper addresses informal cross-border trade in the Horn of Africa, with an emphasis on
the Somalia borderlands. It will be shown that despite the collapse of a government in 1991 …

Discovered at the very end of the 20th century, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is a mode of
natural climate variability that arises out of coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction in the …