This study engaged 100 pastoralists and conducted a factory force in13.5 ha of grazing lands to determine the locally useful indigenous woody factory species, their cornucopia and population structure in a sedentary grazing system in South- western Uganda. Through descriptive and deducible statistics, 40 shrubs and 30 tree species were linked. The species were useful sources of beast drug(85.7), mortal drug( 80), fodder and wood(57.1), poles( 50), timber(42.9), shade(24.3), food(21.3) and raw accoutrements for crafts( 10). Albizia coriaria, Acacia hockii, Acacia sieberiana, Carissa edulis and Vernonia amygdalina were the major woody shops used. For food and fodder, the woody shops were only employed during the dry season but for other purposes, the species were resorted to any season in the time. Factory force recorded 39 woody factory species. Acacia hockii and Rhus natalensis was in all the granges and were the most abundant species(29.4 and10.9 independently). The average factory viscosity was 35 trees/ shrubs- ha. Inverse J shape, bimodal but substantially irregular pattern were the population structure types displayed. therefore, for sustainable sedentary pastoralism in Uganda, use of indigenous woody factory species requires policy supported conservation and enrichment planting, erecting the capacity of pastoralists in propagation and backed natural rejuvenescence ways for woody shops and scientific analyses to strengthen diversified use of the major woody factory species.
Author(s) Details:
Nabasumba Dina,
Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, P.O. Box 389, Mbarara, Uganda.
Kamwesigye Godfrey,
National Agricultural Advisory Services P.O. Box 25235, Kampala, Uganda.
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