The International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) was established in 1974 and began activities in 1976. Its purpose is to carry out research, training and documentation activities "to assist national efforts which aim to effect a change in production and marketing systems in tropical Africa so as to increase the sustained yield and output of livestock products and improve the quality of life of the people of this region". ILCA undertakes research in the major ecological zones of sub-Saharan Africa, namely the arid and semi-arid, humid and subhumid, and highland zones.
This report focuses on ILCA's research in the highland zone. It describes the work carried out on and around ILCA's two research stations at Debre Zeit and Debre Berhan, in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The two stations were opened in 1977 and 1979 respectively.
