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Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Manure management strategies to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality as smallholdings in central Kenya highlands]Manure management strategies to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality as smallholdings in central Kenya highlands

The role of livestock in nitrogen cycling in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa was explored. Cattle were fed a range of diets to investigate the effects on partitioning of nitrogen between urine and faeces and on the chemical composition of the manures produced. The trade...


Delve, Robert J.Cadisch, GeorgTanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.Thorne, Peter J.Giller, Ken E.[Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa]Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa

As human populations continue to grow, the intensification of agricultural production is occurring in order to maintain food consumption and rural income levels in developing countries. The demand for livestock products is generally income-elastic, so that, with increases in real incomes in most ...


Staal, Steven J.Ehui, Simeon K.Tanner, J.C.[Livestock-environment interactions under intensifying production]Livestock-environment interactions under intensifying production

Developing countries continue to face the challenge of increasing poverty and depleting asset base of their predominantly rural populations. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone, over 70% of the population now live below the poverty line, and in South Asia the number of poor people exceeds 500 milli...


Kebreab, E.Smith, T.Tanner, J.C.Osuji, P.O.[Review of undernutrition in smallholder ruminant production systems in the tropics]Review of undernutrition in smallholder ruminant production systems in the tropics

A major constraint on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya is inadequate feed supply resulting in low productivity. In Kiambu District of the Central Highlands, principal feed resources are cultivated Napier grass, roadside grass and fodder from maize, including stover and high quality thinnings cut ...


Lukuyu, Ben A.Romney, D.L.Tanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.[The maize crop as a source of food for livestock on smallholder dairy farms in the Kenyan highlands]The maize crop as a source of food for livestock on smallholder dairy farms in the Kenyan highlands

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