Description

Pastoralism is the most dominant land use form in the arid rangelands of Sub-Saharan Africa In Ethiopia, rangelands cover about 61 to 65% of the total area of the country and are home to 12%-15% of the human population, and 26% of the total livestock population. Many of these rangelands and rangeland based lifestyle are degrading owing natural and human-induced factors. This implies that rehabilitation is a matter of priorities and should follow by a detailed assessment of the state of health of the rangelands. In most parts of Ethiopia, the indigenous knowledge of pastoralists is not adequately documented. This work was initiated to document the traditional rangeland resources utilization practices and evaluate rangeland condition.Both the household and vegetation studies confirmed that the current rangeland condition has deteriorated and highly affected by the recurrent drought, overgrazing, and bush encroachment.To sustain the pastoral production system in the district,the current condition of communal rangeland should be reversed through rangeland rehabilitation.This book has documented indigenous which is important for researcher,government & non-government organizations