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Chapter 3: MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1. Description of the Study Area
The study was conducted in Somali Regional State (SRS) of Ethiopia, Jijiga Zone (Figure 2), at
Jijiga University (JJU) campus experimental site. It is 630 km from Addis Ababa and lies between
9°35’N latitude and 42°8’ E longitude. The elevation is 1609 meters above sea level. Jijiga zone
is bordered in the east with the Republic of Somalia, in the west with the Oromia Regional State
and Fique Zone of the SRS, and in the South with Degahbour. It covers 40,861km 2 , of which the
rangeland extends over 36,629 km 2 (World Bank, 2001).
Figure 2. Map of the study area, Jijiga, Ethiopia.
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