Spatial variability of herbage yield, grazing capacity and plant diversity in a tropical savannah rangeland ecosystem

African Rangelands and Pastoralism in a changing continent: Perspectives and Opportunities

“…Both these two studies embrace the use of new technologies and modern science that farmers can either incorporate into their indigenous knowledge and training or to identify the potential forages for cattle feeding in free-range beef farming. Anane et al (2023) demonstrated the value of the integration of Geostatistics and Geographical Information Systems with conventional vegetation field surveys for estimating dry matter yield and grazing capacity of under-surveyed savanna rangelands in Ghana. The results obtained on the spatial variation in herbage yield, species composition and grazing capacities would be of value to inform local livestock production improvement strategies.…”

“…The ten papers included in this special issue demonstrate the multiple facets of rangelands and pastoralism, ranging from spatiotemporal changes in rangeland dynamics(Arena et al 2023;Mlaza et al 2023;Momberg et al 2023), pastoralists' indigenous knowledge(Finca et al 2023: Nyambali et al 2023) and rangeland management innovations and policy(Anane et al 2023;Maguraushe et al 2023;Mwamidi et al 2023;Scholtz et al 2023;Timpong- Jones et al 2023). …”