Describes the design and potential application of some techniques to improve fodder in selected cropping patterns in the subhumid zone of Nigeria. Lists major crops cultivated in the SHZ. Presents the cropping patterns in Abet.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Otsyina, R.M.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Some methods for improving fodder by incorporating forage legumes in cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian sub-humid zone]
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Some methods for improving fodder by incorporating forage legumes in cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian sub-humid zone
Discusses potential impacts of ILCA's subhumid zone programme in Nigeria in terms of the direct benefits accruing to producers from adopting its intervention packages and indirect spinoffs from a better basis for research & development strategies in the livestock sector arising from a better unde...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[The expected impact and future of the ILCA Subhumid Zone Programme]
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The expected impact and future of the ILCA Subhumid Zone Programme
ILCA acknowledged the potential for increased animal agriculture in the subhumid zone of West Africa by establishing a research base at Kaduna in northern Nigeria. FulBe agropastoralists were selected at the target group because they own most of the cattle in the zone and cattle are the predomina...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Fodder bank: Improving the nutrition of cattle in the subhumid zone of West Africa]
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Fodder bank: Improving the nutrition of cattle in the subhumid zone of West Africa
The general stresses and problems that have to be addressed in establishing sustainable mountain agriculture include rapid population growth; farming on slopes and the associated erosion; remoteness and poor infrastructure resulting in poor access to markets and services; limited job opportunitie...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Animal agriculture and watershed management: Reconciling public and private good]
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Animal agriculture and watershed management: Reconciling public and private good
Presents an analysis of some of the forage interventions being tested by the ILCA sub-humid zone programme. Includes a discussion of some of the issues surrounding pasture Development in the same area.
Tarawali, G.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Legume-based cropping. A possible remedy to land tenure constraint to ruminant production in the subhumid zone of central Nigeria]
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Legume-based cropping. A possible remedy to land tenure constraint to ruminant production in the subhumid zone of central Nigeria
Sileshi, Z.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Revving up the engine for Africa’s development: Providing a continental perspective to increase the impact of African agricultural research]
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Revving up the engine for Africa’s development: Providing a continental perspective to increase the impact of African agricultural research
Deals with the implications of the constraints imposed on achievement of research goals by the impositions of the research and farming systems as they interact in a research programme drawing examples from the experience of the ILCA Subhumid Zone Programme presents the estimated net present value...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Matching the impositions of the farming and research systems as a prelude to farming systems research]
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Matching the impositions of the farming and research systems as a prelude to farming systems research
This study arose from the need to develop strategies that optimize the use of available feed resources from natural range fallow and crop residues in combination with the fodder bank innovation. The paper discusses the interactive effects of feeding both forage legume and urea molasses supplement...
Mani, R.I.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Egan, A.R.
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Oyedipe, E.O.
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Dixon, Rob M.
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Holmes, J.
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[Optimal utilization of fodder banks for the reproductive efficiency of Bunaji cattle: Effect of dry season forage legume supplementation on weight and reproductive performance]
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Optimal utilization of fodder banks for the reproductive efficiency of Bunaji cattle: Effect of dry season forage legume supplementation on weight and reproductive performance
Discusses some methods of growing cereal Crops in association with Stylosanthes in traditional Crop-livestock production systems in the subhumid zone of Nigeria. Examines effects of undersowing Stylo on sorghum yield and total fodder; land preparation on grain & fodder production; land history on...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Otsyina, R.M.
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Suleiman, H.
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[Potential role for Stylo in traditional crop and livestock production systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone]
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Potential role for Stylo in traditional crop and livestock production systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone