Impacts of Grazing on Herbaceous Plant Species Diversity and Biomass Production in Borana Rangeland, Southern Ethiopia

Asfaw Ejo Feyisa, Ibsa Aliyi Usmane and Lelisa Shamshedin Mohammed
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Asfaw Ejo Feyisa: Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Yabello Pastoral and Dryland Agriculture Research Center, P. O. Box 85, Yabello, Ethiopia.
Ibsa Aliyi Usmane: Haramaya University, School of Rural Development and Agricultural Innovations, website: haramaya.edu.et, P. O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Lelisa Shamshedin Mohammed: Oda Bultum University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, website: www.obu.edu.et P.O Box: 226: Chiro, Ethiopia

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2025, vol. 12, issue 7, 348-357

Abstract: The study was carried out in three districts of Borana Zone, Oromia regional state, to determine the impacts of grazing on vegetation structure and herbaceous biomass yield of Borana rangelands under traditional enclosure and continuous grazing rangeland types at the end of the main rain season. Within both rangeland types of each district, three plots of 20 m x 20 m were placed at 200 m intervals, with a transect used to collect data on the herbaceous plant community by randomly throwing seventeen quadrats (1 m x 1 m) in the main plot. The vegetation diversity, richness, and density evenness were analyzed by General Linear Model (GLM) procures, and LSD was used for mean comparison. The herbaceous ground cover was a significant difference (P

Date: 2025
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