Intensification of land-use is inevitable for long term food security in the east African highlands, but technological options need to be environmentally safe. How forages can be used as a basis for intensified grain and fodder production from the same land unit, and serve as a profitable fallow ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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[Forage based fallow management strategies for intensified land use and resource conservation in small holder farms]
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Forage based fallow management strategies for intensified land use and resource conservation in small holder farms
This chapter provides an overview of the main points raised in the papers presented at this workshop. The issues raised are summarised from all three regions under different thematic headings. The major issues include livestock in mountain and highland economies; trends and management strategies ...
Tulachan, P.M.
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Partap, T.
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Maki-Hokkonen, J.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Rajbhandari, B
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[Livestock in the mountains and highlands of Asia, Africa and South America: An overview of research and Development issues and challenges]
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Livestock in the mountains and highlands of Asia, Africa and South America: An overview of research and Development issues and challenges
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Astatke, A.
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[Livestock management as a strategy for improving use and conservation of natural resources in the mixed crop-livestock production systems of the East African highlands]
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Livestock management as a strategy for improving use and conservation of natural resources in the mixed crop-livestock production systems of the East African highlands
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
Presents the result of a study conducted to estimate the potential fodder productivity of millet, sorghum, maize and rice using the land suitability estimates of FAO and the AEZ metheodology for Stylosanthes hamata cv verano. Also examines the dry matter theat could be produced from 0.5 percent o...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Velthuizen, H.T. van
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Use of land resource assessment to estimate potential fodder outputs and animal support capacities in some countries in West Africa]
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Use of land resource assessment to estimate potential fodder outputs and animal support capacities in some countries in West Africa
A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - based analysis of livestock population dynamics in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region conducted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) and the International Livestock Re...
Tulachan, P.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities]
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An overview of smallholder dairy farming in mixed mountain farming systems of the HKH: Issues and priorities
The impacts of grazing on biophysical and hydrological properties of grazing lands were investigated on two sites represting 0-4 percent and 4-8 percent slopes at the Livestock research Institute (ILRI) Debre Zeit research station, 50 km South of Addis Ababa. Grazing pressure differently influenc...
Mwendera, E.J.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Biophysical and hydrological changes in soils under livestock grazing varying slopes in the East African highlands]
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Biophysical and hydrological changes in soils under livestock grazing varying slopes in the East African highlands
Otsyina, R.M.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Suleiman, H.
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[Manuel de Mise en Place et de Gestion des Banques Fourrageres]
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Manuel de Mise en Place et de Gestion des Banques Fourrageres
Otsyina, R.M.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Suleiman, H.
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[Manual on Fodder Bank Establishment and Management]
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Manual on Fodder Bank Establishment and Management
Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing substantial land degradaton and declining soil fertility. This has led to decreasing total agricultural productivity. Introducing forage legume rotations into crop-livestock systems can stabilise agricultural productivity. In addition to providing high-quality f...
Tarawali, G.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[The role of forage legume fallows in supplying improved feed and recycling nitrogen in subhumid Nigeria]
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The role of forage legume fallows in supplying improved feed and recycling nitrogen in subhumid Nigeria