The possibility of using irrigated pastures for the rehabilitation of denuded grazing areas in the Rhodesian lowveld

The impacts of people and livestock on topographically diverse open wood‐ and shrub‐lands in arid north‐west Namibia

“…and ‘played an important part in the eradication of our indigenous forests’. Similarly, the so‐called ‘denuded grazing areas’ of the former ‘Rhodesian lowveld’ is considered by West (1968: 95) to be in an ‘advanced stage of deterioration’ due to a livestock economy ‘based on unrestricted and uncontrollable utilization of . .…”

Evaluation ofcenchrus ciliaris:II. A comparison of bushveld, de‐bushed veld and bushveld combined withcenchruspastures

“…The planted pasture was utilized during the summer growing season with the prime purpose of reducing or eliminating grazing on the veld during this period of critical growth. West (1968) also suggested the use of irrigated pastures to support livestock during the growing season, thus enabling the natural veld to be utilized during the dormant season. He was of the opinion that such a practice would result in the improvement of veld and lead to increased livestock production in the dry sweetveld areas of Rhodesia.…”

Southern African pasture and forage science entering the 21st century: past to present

“…From here, it became evident that attention should be given to evaluating currently acceptable measurement techniques that would improve the understanding of pasture growth responses to various management inputs and changing environmental conditions. Furthermore, research into methods to improve the production and quality Table 1: Key research priorities of the 20th century as published in the various conference proceedings and journals of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa Selected 20th century research priorities Reference Plant community classification Grunow (1966), Gibbs Russell and Smook (1980) Pasture utilisation Booysen (1966), Booysen (1969, Rethman et al (1977), Bransby and Tainton (1979), Dannhauser (1988), Gammon and Tiddy (1990), Mentis (1991), Snyman (1994), van Heerden andDurand (1994) Legume species evaluation and production Davies (1968), I'Ons (1968, West (1968), Savory (1972), Wasserman (1974), Clatworthy (1975), I'Ons (1977, van Heerden and Tainton (1987), Le , , Muir (1993) Water use and efficiency of irrigated pasture and forage crops Roberts andScott (1968), I'Ons (1968), West (1968), Scott (1975), Steynberg et al (1993), Snyman (1994), Theron and van Rensburg (1998) Forage quality Theron and Booysen (1966), Roberts (1967), I'Ons (1968, West (1968), Grunow et al (1977), Miles et al (1995) Drought-tolerant fodder crops De Kock (1967), Donaldson (1990),…”