TheImprovement ofTropical and Subtropical Rangelands

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TABLE 3
Rangeland Conditions in Selected African Countri.
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Location
Cameroon
Countrywide
8,300,000 hectarea
Northern Sedor
7 million hectarea
Sudano-Sahel region (acacia
grlllllliands and Iteppea--Sahel;
dry and mont woodlandt-­
Sudanian typa)
Guinea-Congo region (lOuth of
Garoua)
Southern Sector
Adamaoua Plateau and other
localized areu
About 1,300,000 hectares
Range Condition
Original perennial craaland
and acacia typa moeUy replaced
by annUM and unpalatable Ihrubl
AlmOit denuded Itate in many areu
Ranp in better condition than Sudano­
Sahelian typea
Quality of ranp generally better than
in northern IMICtor
CaUlel or ConHquencea
Many yean of heavy grasing and frequent
buming; drought in 1975; severely
degraded areu unlikely to recover without
protection
Uu of ranp reaourcea limited by betu
fly infeatationsj prellure on open area
grasing landt can be partially alleviated
with tutu control programs or livestock
prophylaxil
Rainfall higher, tsetse limited, and area
probably Itable; cattle increulng at
1-2%/year expected to cause degradation
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