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Rapid growth of the human and livestock populations in sub-Saharan Africa is creating unprecedented increases in food and feed demands. These population pressures on a fixed landbases are likely to promote severe competition for resources and drive agriculture progressively towards intensificatio...


Smith, Jimmy W.Naazie, A.Larbi, AsamoahAgyemang, K.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?]Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?
Tarawali, Shirley A.Peters, MichaelSchultze-Kraft, Rainer[Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa]Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa

In order to identify options suitable for providing livestock feed in the wetter part of the moist savanna, the DM yield, botanical composition, crude protein, in sacco digestibility and neutral detergent fibre of combinations of 4 herbaceous legumes and 2 grasses were evaluated between June 1994...


Olanite, J.A.Tarawali, Shirley A.Akenova, M.E.[Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa]Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa

The introduction and use of herbaceous legumes may contribute to agricultural intensification, especially in the context of sustainable crop and livestock production systems. In the context of evaluating different legume species for these systems in moist savanna zone of West Africa, the present ...


Ewansiha, S.U.Chiezey, U.F.Tarawali, Shirley A.Iwuafor, E.N.O.[Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna]Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna

Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn has been identified as a promising forage legume for use in subhumid Nigeria. To establish if other accessions of this species have potential in the region, 21 accessions were evaluated for flowering, seed production, dry matter production, disease and pest inci...


Tarawali, Shirley A.[Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria]Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria
Hoogenboom, GerritRodríguez, G R.Thornton, Philip K.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Development of a forage model for livestock production systems in Africa]Development of a forage model for livestock production systems in Africa

The morphological and phenological variations in 46 accessions of Lablab purpureus were evaluated in 2000 and 2001 in Samaru, Zaria in the moist savanna zone of Nigeria. Accessions were classified into various groups according to plant structure, flowering time and pod and seed characters. Based ...


Ewansiha, S.U.Chiezey, U.F.Tarawali, Shirley A.Iwuafor, E.N.O.[Morpho-phenological variation in Lablab purpureus]Morpho-phenological variation in Lablab purpureus

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