Browse in Africa

Table of Contents

Edited by H.N. Le Houérou

Papers presented at the International Symposium on Browse in Africa
Addis Ababa, April 8–12, 1980
and other submissions

International Livestock Center for Africa, ILCA

P.O.Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table of Contents

Background and justification

A review of browse and its role in livestock production in southern Africa*

Browse in Miombo woodland*

Report on the state of knowledge on browse in East Africa in 1980*

Browse in northern Africa**

The role of browse in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones**

The role of browse plants in animal production in the Sudanian zone of West Africa**

Some browse plants of Ethiopia**

Ligneous and subligneous forage and fruit trees in the Guinean zone: prospects for utilization in animal production**

Browse in the Cape Verde Islands**

Observations on the causes of devastation of ligneous plants in the Sahel and their resistance to destruction**

Contribution of browse species to the pastoral Value of the southern Tunisian steppes**

The planting of browse species in pastoral Improvement projects in Libya**

Multiple use of fodder trees and shrubs — a worldwide perspective*

The uses of the baobab (adansonia digitata) in Africa*

Alternative uses of browse species*

Measuring the primary palatable production of browse plants**

Inventory of the browse potential of bushes, trees and shrubs in an area of the Sahel in Mali. Method and Initial results**

The browse production of some trees of the Sahel:Relationships between maximum foliage biomass and various physical parameters**

Effects of various stripping regimes on foliage production of some browse bushes of the Sudano-Sahelian zone**

Nitrogen cycling—water use efficiency interactions in semi-arid ecosystems in relation to management of tree legumes (prosopis)**

The production and consumption of acacia browse and its potential for animal protein production*

A method for the phenological study of browse Populations in the Sahel: The influence of some ecological factors**

Primary productivity assessment in arid and semi-arid zones of Ibero-America*

Measuring the secondary production of pasture: an applied example in the study of an extensive production system in Mali**

Methods of measuring secondary production from browse*

Chemical composition and nutritive value of browse in tropical West Africa*

Nutritive value of Australian browse plants*

The use of forage shrubs in the Norte Chico Region of Chile*

Chemical composition of some southern Nigeria forage eaten by goats*

The potential of browse plants in the nutrition of small ruminants in the humid forest and derived savanna zones of Nigeria*

The contribution of browse to cattle fodder in the sedentary system of the Office du Niger**

Acacia cyanophylla lindl as supplementary feed/for small stock in Libya*

The role of browse in the management of natural grazing lands*

Management and utilization methods for ligneous forages: Natural stands and artificial plantations**

Planting and management methods for browse trees and shrubs**

Acclimatization and utilization of phyllodineous acacias from Australia in Senegal**

Productivity and management of kermes oak brushlands for goats*

Niche seeding for broad scale forage shrub establishment on saline soils*

Towards an animal/tree/grass combination**

Research being undertaken in the Atacama desert of Chile on the Tamarugo tree, Prosopis Tamarugo Phil*

Introduction of browse plants in the Sahelo-Sudanian zone**

Drought resistant fodder shrub crops in South Africa*

Leucaena as a forage crop on small farms in Malawi*

Initial performance of Leucaena at a sub humid, mid-altitude location in Ethiopia*

Economic aspects of developing Leucaena as a cash crop: a review of pre investment studies in Malawi, 1974–79*

The integration of browse plants within pastoral and agropastoral systems in Africa**

Agroforestry techniques for the conservation and improvement of soil fertility in arid and semi arid zones*

The role of prosopis cineraria in an agropastoral system in western Rajasthan*

Commiphora africana, browse tree of the Sahel**

Study on the economic viability of browse plantations in Africa**

Traditional pastoralism and patterns of range degradation*

Fuel wood consumption in a central Malian town And its effects on browse availability*

Gaps in knowledge and Research priorities

Conclusions and recommendations

List of participants and contributors

Acknowledgements

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*  –original language English
** – original language French