Livestock Rejuvenates Ecosystem
Elias Ncube, an accredited Holistic Management educator at the Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM) in Zimbabwe, offers his perspective on how Holistic Planned Grazing is helping local smallholder farmers.
Africa Centre for Holistic Management Zimbabwean Savanna Case Study
This 2012 case study follows the Africa Centre for Holistic Management in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Between 2001 and 2009, ecologoical monitoring demonstrated a 31% decrease in bare ground, 56% increase in litter cover, 12% increase in perennial grass plants, 21% decrease in less desirable annual grasses, and 17% decrease in soil movement.
Going Beyond Best Practice in the Kalahari Bushveld Savannah: A Case study of Brahman Botswana on farm Oasis
This 2010 case study follows the 18,832-hectare farm named Oasis in western Botswana near the border of Namibia. Dwindling carrying capacity of the land led them to attend a Holistic Management course in 1986, with small changes implemented in 1988 and a more substantial buy-in occurring in 1999. By boosting the carrying capacity of the […]