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    Ethiopia. The Boran cattle and their tribal owners

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    Alberro, M.
    Date Issued
    1986
    Language
    en; fr
    Type
    Journal Article
    ISI journal
    Accessibility
    Limited Access
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    Alberro, M. 1986. Ethiopia. The Boran cattle and their tribal owners. FAO World Animal Review 57: 30-39.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66829
    Abstract/Description
    The Boran cattle, indigenous to southern Ethiopia, at one time formed the basis of a thriving slaughter stock trade between Ethiopia and East Africa. Ranchers in Kenya buying these cattle as they moved down to urban centers for slaughter found that they were more productive under the adverse environmental conditions than the pure or crossbred European exotic cattle with which they had originally stocked the ranches. In 1951 a Kenyan Boran cattle breeders’ society was established, the second such society in Africa. At present time the Borana area, like other areas of Africa, is suffering from one of the worst droughts in history. The Borona pastoralists have lost at least 40 percent of their fertile cows, and as a result their social and economic conditions have deteriorated.
    AGROVOC Keywords
    cattle; pastoralism; environment; water; drought resistance; watering
    Subjects
    CATTLE; PASTORALISM; ENVIRONMENT; WATER;
    Countries
    Ethiopia
    Regions
    Africa; Eastern Africa
    Livestock breed types
    BORAN
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