A feeding experiment was carried out in which adult ewes of the Ethiopian Highland Menz breed grazed on meadow pasture were supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or Noug cake. There was low consumption of urea-molasses block (67g/d) and its contribution to total nitrogen requirements was mini...
Kabaija, E.
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Akalework, N.
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Leng, R.A.
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[Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noog cake]
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Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noog cake
The season of calving affected calving interval, weaner weight per cow per year, dam weights at mating, parturition and weaning, and dam weight changes during gestation and lactation. The year of calving influenced calving interval, calf survival, weaner weight per 100 kg of cow weight per year, ...
Tomo, P.S.M.
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Tawah, C.L.
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Swanepoel, F.J.C.
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Hoogenboezem, J.M.
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[Production characteristics of Angoni cattle in Mozambique: 2. Non-genetic influences on fertility, survivability and productivity]
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Production characteristics of Angoni cattle in Mozambique: 2. Non-genetic influences on fertility, survivability and productivity
Improved crop-livestock production systems and technologies are currently being developed in sub-Saharan Africa in response to the growing demand for food and the degradation of the natural resource base. These technologies must not only enhance food production, but they also need to maintain eco...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[A framework for evaluating the sustainability and economic viability of crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa]
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A framework for evaluating the sustainability and economic viability of crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Presents and discusses a strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics. Discusses the approaches taken by ILCA which includes alley farming and presents the results of the study.
Reynolds, L.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Francis, P.A.
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[A strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics]
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A strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics
The paper investigates the variation in laboratory fodder quality traits in stover of 16 cultivars of pearl millet grown over 2 consecutive years and subjected to two different fertilizer regimes and planting densities. Stover quality traits were nitrogen and sugar content, in vitro digestibility...
Blümmel, Michael
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Hash, C.T.
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[Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II. Effects of cultivar choice on stover quality and productivity]
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Management and cultivar effects on ruminant nutritional quality of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) stover. II. Effects of cultivar choice on stover quality and productivity
An analysis was conducted of the productivity of smallholder farmers enrolled into an out-growers’ scheme to supply cassava to commercial starch processors under the Nestlé-IITA cassava starch value chain project. Under the project, improved cassava varieties–cloned to be high-yielding, early mat...
Ojiako, I.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Okechukwu, R.U.
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Chianu, J.
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Ezedinma, C.
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Edet, M.
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[Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria]
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Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria
This research was undertaken as a Ph.D. dissertation (Stanford University) in conjunction with the ILCA programme in Niamey, Niger. The objective of the research was similar to that of the World Bank studies: to test how land tenure affects land-improving investment, agricultural productivity and...
This research is being undertaken as an ILCA project with support from the Rockefeller Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme. There are three objectives. One objective is very similar to that of the World Bank and Niger studies: to determine the effects of land tenure on investment, productivity and...
In the Brazilian savanna, there is a risk that soil fertility of pastures declines to a level below that of the native savanna because of low fertilizer application. To evaluate biophysical pasture sustainability we compared regularly fertilized productive pasture (PP), degraded pasture fertilize...
Lilienfein, J
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Wilcke, W.
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Vilela, L
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Carmo Lima, S. do
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Zech, W.
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[Soil fertility under native cerrado and pasture in the Brazilian savanna]
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Soil fertility under native cerrado and pasture in the Brazilian savanna