The locality consists of scattered smallholder farmland interspersed within savannah woodland.
Predatory beetles contribute to the control of crop pests and are an important food resource for farmland birds.
The epicentre of change was to be found on white farmlands.
Remunerations for herdsmen consist mainly of the animal's milk, manure and the use of farmlands around the compound.
During winter, they often congregate in large flocks in estuaries, wetlands and in farmlands.
In transitional economies, after cooperative and state farmlands were distributed according to equity principles, farmers have received parcels that are too small and badly shaped.
Rapid population growth has resulted in a marked reduction in the fallow period and the partitioning of farmlands into smallholdings.
The predator was more abundant on farmland willows and is probably the main reason for the difference in egg survival between the two habitats.
