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- Library Collection RecordThis paper analyses the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources (CPRs) in semi-arid Tanzania. Common property regimes have often been considered inadequate for the management…Publication Date 2007
- Common pool resources
- Common property regimes
- natural resource management
- institutions
- management
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- degradation
- household income studies
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is an urgent need for quantitative methods by which actual, as opposed to potential degradation can be mapped using spatially consistent criteria for large regions. This study tested the Local…Publication Date 2008
- AVHRR
- Communal lands
- desertification
- Local NPP scaling
- rangelands
- South Africa
- communal farming
- remote sensing
- degradation
- mapping
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of drought on grazing patterns of livestock in a communal rangeland in Namaqualand. Water points were the foci of almost all grazing routes even…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- drought
- Livestock farming
- Livestock activity patterns
- communal rangeland
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe reserves and homelands across South Africa share a common history of policy interventions resulting in sedentarization, villagization and formalization of communal land use. In Namaqualand, such…Publication Date 2007
- pastoralism
- Municipal commonage
- rangeland management
- Elite capture
- rangelands
- management
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- policies
- land reform
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper traces the history of grazing policy, its conceptual basis, practical implementations and outcomes, in three southern African countries. In spite of the divergent environmental conditions…Publication Date 2006
- pastoralism
- Communal land
- rangeland management
- rangeland ecology
- policies
- grazing
- communal farming
- rangelands
- management
- Sustainable development
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSustainability indicators based on local data provide a practical method to monitor progress towards sustainable development. However, since there are many conflicting frameworks proposed to develop…Publication Date 2006
- sustainability indicators
- Community empowerment
- stakeholders
- Local
- participation
- sustainability
- monitoring
- communal farming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper revisits the debate over the relative effectiveness of 'conservative' and 'opportunistic' stocking strategies for African pastoral rangelands. The paper is based on a…Publication Date 2006
- rangelands
- cattle
- Pastoral strategy
- stocking rate
- Capital costs
- southern Africa
- Zimbabwe
- pastoralism
- stocking rates
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis series of two papers describes a mechanistic model that simulates within years the productivity of vegetation and livestock on the communal semi-arid rangeland of the Succulent Karoo of South…Publication Date 2007
- semi-arid rangelands
- Mechanistic model
- plant growth
- diet selection
- food intake
- animal productivity
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- animal production
- communal farming
- livestock
- management
- soil moisture
- rainfall
- runoff
- modelling
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoral communities in East Africa are facing considerable challenges arising from shifts in land tenure policy from communal to individual landholdings and high human population growth rates. Over…Publication Date 2006
- savanna
- Household model
- Kajiado District
- Subdivision
- policies
- communal farming
- pastoralism
- socio-economic aspects
- household income studies
- modelling
- ecosystem dynamics
- food security
- land use
- land reform
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordSuccess in long-term agricultural production in resource-poor farming systems relies on the efficiency with which nutrients are conserved and recycled. Each transfer of nutrients across the farming…Publication Date 2006
- cattle
- Compost
- feed intake
- manure
- nitrogen use efficiency
- N losses
- agriculture
- soil nutrients
- management
- communal farming
- livestock
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDifferences in land-use management may result in different rangeland condition (soil, vegetation and biodiversity) and productivity. Vegetation condition in contrasting land-use management systems is…Publication Date 2009
- Chemical Properties
- enzyme activity
- land-use management
- microbial biomass
- rangeland degradation
- soil degradation
- rangelands
- management
- land use
- rangeland condition
- communal farming
- Commercial farming
- game farming
- North West Province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSmallholder dairy farmers in Natural Region II, especially in Chikwaka Communal Area, adopted Acacia angustissima, Calliandra calothyrsus and Leucaena leucocephala in the 1995/96 season as…Publication Date 2009
- dairy
- Fodder
- small-holder
- Tree
- yields
- plant production
- communal farming
- animal nutrition
- forage quality
- fodder production
- soils
- management
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordClimate change is expected to adversely affect agriculture in South Africa. A rise in variable and unfavourable conditions is likely to surpass the limits of current coping mechanisms of farmers,…Publication Date 2014
- climate change
- agriculture
- livestock
- Karoo
- rangelands
- Subsistence farming
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn the savanna rangelands of southern Africa, the debate about land reform tends to be about the redistribution of formerly freehold ranches and fencing-off the rangeland commons into ranches for…Publication Date 2013
- savanna
- rangelands
- management
- land reform
- communal farming
- sustainability
- policies
- socio-economic aspects
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordEditorial articlePublication Date 2013
- policy
- socio-ecological dynamics
- rangeland commons
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rural areas
- communal farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe paper critiques Vetter's (in this issue) assertion that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture holds dangers for sustainable rangeland management. The paper argues that a range of…Publication Date 2013
- sustainability
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- rangelands
- management
- policy
- smallholder farming
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPastoralists in Namaqualand, South Africa, use herd mobility to manage livestock and rangeland resources. However, their socioeconomic conditions and ecological landscapes are changing and we explore…Publication Date 2013
- management
- livestock
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- communal farming
- policy
- pastoralism
- grazing
- Namaqualand
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social-ecological systems and…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rangelands
- socio-economic aspects
- Sustainable development
- climate change
- policy
- management
- modelling
- subsistence agriculture
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, the relative extent of range degradation under freehold compared to communal tenure has been strongly debated. We present a perspective on the processes that drive rangeland…Publication Date 2013
- rangeland
- degradation
- communal farming
- management
- policy
- rehabilitation
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is a common perception in South Africa that the youth are not interested in agriculture, leading to two concerns: first, that this is exacerbating the youth unemployment crisis, and second,…Publication Date 2013
- agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- animal production
- Plant Productivity
- policy
- livestock
- communal rangelands
- cattle
- goats
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper complements Vetter's position paper, "Development and sustainable management of rangeland commons - aligning policy with the realities of South Africa's rural landscape…Publication Date 2013
- Sustainable development
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- policy
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordLivestock farming in communal areas is an activity pursued by rural households as one of a range of livelihood strategies aimed at spreading risk. The cash and non-cash benefits derived from…Publication Date 2013
- communal farming
- rural areas
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- rangelands
- policy
- management
- livestock production
- Poverty
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn spite of predictions of communal rangeland collapse due to continuous grazing and increased livestock populations, this grazing system remains prevalent in communal areas, suggesting animals…Publication Date 2010
- cattle
- Graze
- key resource areas
- livestock
- communal farming
- rangelands
- grazing
- plant production
- soils
- soil organic carbon
- Eastern Cape
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe investigated the effects of previous cultivation on regeneration potential under miombo woodlands in a resettlement area, a spatial product of Zimbabwe's land reforms. We predicted that…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- miombo codominants
- population structure
- reverted grasslands
- restoration ecology
- communal farming
- rural areas
- rangelands
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCommunal rangelands have a wide range of vegetation communities that sustain livestock. Limited information exists on forage availability and quality in communal areas and how it influences Nguni…Publication Date 2010
- biomass
- bite size
- foraging behaviour
- Nguni
- communal farming
- livestock
- sheep
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of grazing on plant biomass, plant quality, species evenness, species diversity and species composition were determined among management types (communal, commercial and game) and among…Publication Date 2010
- grazing
- herbivory
- plant biomass
- plant quality
- rangeland management
- savanna
- species richness
- species diversity
- communal farming
- commercial agriculture
- game farming
- forage quality
- grazing
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe mediterranean ecosystems of the world harbor exceptional biodiversity, and factors such as livestock grazing which may negatively affect biodiversity are of global concern. The mediterranean…Publication Date 2009
- rangelands
- rangeland condition
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- biodiversity
- livestock
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- Karoo
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Woody plant increase in grassy biomes has been widely reported over the last century. Increases have been attributed to local drivers associated with land use change, such as heavy grazing…Publication Date 2010
- biome switch
- global drivers
- land use practices
- local drivers
- thicket expansion
- indigenous encroaching species
- grasslands
- grazing
- fire ecology
- carbon dioxide
- Aerial Photographs
- land use
- conservation
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- stocking rates
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAcocks measured representative sites of good condition grassland in the 1940's that were re-sampled approximately 50 years later in order to compare the effect of commercial versus communal…Publication Date 2003
- grasslands
- land use
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- grazing
- forage quality
- vegetation dynamics
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis paper reviews the application of the nutrient budget and balance approach from a range of settings and scales in Africa. The paper asks: can such analyses help in the design of effective policy…Publication Date 1998
- soil fertility
- Nutrient budgets
- scale
- sustainability
- policy
- Africa
- policies
- management
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- socio-economic aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPatterns of higher plant species richness and beta diversity were assessed using standard Modified-Whittaker plots in relation to landuse, slope position and mean annual rainfall across a rainfall…Publication Date 2000
- species richness
- biodiversity
- land use
- rainfall
- savanna
- communal farming
- conservation
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordDegradation of vegetation and soils in drylands, sometimes called desertification, is thought to be a serious threat to the sustainability of human habitation, but maps of the extent and severity of…Publication Date 2009
- dryland degradation
- desertification
- Communal land
- net primary production (NPP)
- Local NPP scaling (LNS)
- MODIS
- sustainability
- mapping
- degradation
- communal farming
- plant production
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordEstablishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management…Publication Date 2010
- cover
- degradation
- Private land ownership
- seed mixtures
- standing crop
- Stock control
- rangelands
- rehabilitation
- animal impact
- communal farming
- biodiversity
- commercial agriculture
- plant production
- monitoring
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe issue of sustainability and productivity of open communal rangelands compared to fenced rangelands is often subject to controversy. This study investigated differences in soil and grass layer…Publication Date 2010
- game
- livestock
- Lowveld
- overgrazing
- stocking rates
- grazing
- sustainability
- management
- Soil Condition
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- rangelands
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- soil fertility
- Swaziland
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordNatural resource management may change local and regional ecosystems, especially in drought-prone environments. Livestock are commonly kept as a source of capital in agriculturally dominated…Publication Date 2009
- desertification
- erosion
- Holistic management
- riparian grazing
- management
- degradation
- communal farming
- ecosystem dynamics
- livestock
- watering points
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn communal areas of NE Zimbabwe, feed resources are collectively managed, with herds grazing on grasslands during the rainy season and mainly on crop residues during the dry season, which creates…Publication Date 2011
- Crop-livestock interactions
- Dynamic modelling
- cattle
- crop residues
- grasslands
- livestock
- foraging ecology
- soil organic carbon
- soil fertility
- management
- communal farming
- Zimbabwe
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe establishment of enclosures has become an important measure to combat land degradation in many of the world's semi-arid rangelands. In view of the increased pressure exerted by this land…Publication Date 2009
- enclosures
- Semi-arid rangeland
- vegetation structure
- soil quality
- rehabilitation
- degradation
- management
- soil
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- plant production
- Soil Condition
- biomass
- Kenya
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA forage model and a cattle production model were interfaced and adapted for tropical production conditions in East Africa. The objectives of the modelling were to structure and conceptualise a…Publication Date 1981
- modelling
- cattle
- animal production
- management
- grazing
- communal farming
- policies
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis article addresses the potential land use conflict between trees and cattle. The search for pasture frequently leads to the large-scale destruction of trees yet, paradoxically, when grazing land…Publication Date 1989
- cattle
- grazing
- pasture management
- communal farming
- land use
- management
- rangelands
- decision support systems
- sustainability
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPopulation pressures within southern Africa are forcing people to increasingly crop land of a diverse and fragile nature where the risk of environmental degradation is high and current yields are low…Publication Date 1993
- soil moisture
- no-till
- climate
- Soil Condition
- soil fertility
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRange condition at sites of differing land-use intensity at a communal farm was assessed. Vegetation, soil and termite parameters were tested for their potential as indicators. The vegetation…Publication Date 2002
- desertification
- land degradation
- range condition assessment
- indicators
- soil fertility
- Termites
- biodiversity
- land-use intensity
- land use
- degradation
- rangeland condition
- communal farming
- Soil Condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe examined the perceptions and realities of land degradation in a communal ranching area, Otjimbingwe, in arid Namibia (in south-western Africa). It is commonly perceived that large-scale…Publication Date 2000
- land degradation
- Namibia
- livestock
- ranching
- communal pastoralism
- degradation
- communal farming
- pastoralism
- socio-economic aspects
- rainfall
- drought
- stocking rates
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe structural and functional attributes of the herbaceous sward were contrasted under three land uses (commercial cattle farms, communal cattle lands and private game farms) and two catenal…Publication Date 1997
- Annual
- basal area
- cattle
- communal grazing
- density
- game
- palatability
- perennial
- tuft size
- landscape ecology
- commercial agriculture
- communal farming
- game farming
- soils
- climate
- land use
- management
- species richness
- biodiversity
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWhat is overgrazing? Does it cause soil erosion? The recent debate from the ecological literature is reviewed as background to the debate on overgrazing and soil erosion. This debate stresses the…Publication Date 2004
- soil erosion
- Over Grazing
- Communal lands
- equilibrium and non-equilibrium theory
- South Africa
- grazing
- communal farming
- Abandoned lands
- rangeland condition
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThe following dissertation sets out to investigate the decline of agriculture in Mission location at Butterworth, Transkei, using the Rehabilitation Scheme as a benchmark. The scheme was introduced…Publication Date 2003
- agriculture
- South Africa
- Transkei
- land use
- land tenure
- soil erosion
- politics
- policies
- communal farming
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordThis research investigated the role played by traditional leaders in environmental governance in the context of decentralization, based on a case study of grass utilization in QwaQwa. Specifically,…Publication Date 2008
- biodiversity
- conservation
- agriculture
- environmental aspects
- grasses
- South Africa
- QwaQwa
- grassland ecology
- veld grass
- grasswork
- tribal government
- chiefdoms
- environmental policy
- subsistence agriculture
- communal farming
- socio-economic aspects
- policies
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordLand use and land transformation are major threats to biodiversity. Only a small percentage of land and thus biodiversity is protected within reserves. The majority of biodiversity lies in the hands…Publication Date 2010
- biodiversity
- South Africa
- Eastern Cape
- Agrobiodiversity
- Agricultural ecology
- veld
- landscape assessment
- rangeland condition
- rangelands
- plant production
- grassland
- savanna
- socio-economic aspects
- communal farming
- grazing
- fire ecology
- soil erosion
- commercial agriculture
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordInternationally there is an increasing focus on involving local communities in natural resource management and monitoring. Monitoring methods which are professionally driven appear to be inadequate…Publication Date 2009
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- natural resources
- management
- Community development
- citizen participation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- social aspects
- socio-economic aspects
- management
- natural resources
- monitoring
- communal farming
- conservation
- biodiversity
- rangelands
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordTo redress past discrepancies in land tenure, the ANC government acknowledged that land needs to be made accessible to the previously disadvantaged, announcing that commonage would be a pillar of…Publication Date 2009
- Municipal commonage
- Livelihoods
- natural resource valuation
- direct-use values
- policies
- politics
- socio-economic aspects
- land tenure
- land use
- communal farming
- legislation
- management
- grazing
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordGrazing lands in Eritrea are degraded due to decades of overstocking and consequent overgrazing. Since the rangelands are accessible to entire village communities, organisation and coordinated…Publication Date 2007
- rangelands
- degradation
- communal farming
- subsistence agriculture
- livestock
- management
- grazing
- Commercial farming
- cattle
- household income studies
- forage
- southern Africa