Assesses farmers' objectives to establish the framework for a small ruminant production project in the coastal subhumid zone of Kenya; examines the tools available for understanding farmers objectives for a research/Development project, namely, livestock statistics, special focused studies, outco...
Discusses the farm trials conducted by ILCA to improve fodder for livestock in the subhumid zone of Nigeria; includes trials in the improvement of crop residues, the establishment, grazing and regeneration of fodder banks and the control of weeds.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Suleiman, H.
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[Use and issues in on-farm research to improve fodder for livestock of agro-pastoralists in the Nigerian subhumid zone]
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Use and issues in on-farm research to improve fodder for livestock of agro-pastoralists in the Nigerian subhumid zone
Fernández O., F.O.
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[New trends in training of agricultural production specialists as development communicators]
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New trends in training of agricultural production specialists as development communicators
This paper defines basic tenents of the participatory research approach in the context of agricultural technology development. It reviews CIAT`s experiences in Eastern Africa with involving farmers in bean research at three levels; research planning and implementation, varietal selection and seed...
David, S.
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[Farmer participation in bean research in Africa: experiences from the field]
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Farmer participation in bean research in Africa: experiences from the field
In a selected study are in Pucallpa, Peru, 151 farmer-settlers were interviewed to understand current land use dynamics. Respondents were stratified according to broad differences determined by preliminary informal surveys. Settlers included: farmers practicing slash-and-burn agriculture in upper...
In this study available genetic resources and breeding systems used by dairy farmers in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in, Addis Ababa milk shed were assessed. Results of the study indicated that: about 57%, 31 % and 10% of secondary town, peri urban and intra-urban farmers like to...
Tadesse, M.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Assessment of the factors affecting farmers' choice of the production system in urban and peri urban dairy production system in Addis Ababa milk shed]
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Assessment of the factors affecting farmers' choice of the production system in urban and peri urban dairy production system in Addis Ababa milk shed
Decreasing efficacy of the trypanocidal drugs and difficulties of sustaining tsetse fly control, strengthen the importance of trypanotolerant livestock and the enhancement of disease resistance as options for livestock production. Continued increase in urban demand for meat and milk in West Afric...
In government of Kenya provided veterinary services to livestock keepers including clinical and extension services, the state started to gradually withdraw its services. So the need for alternative methods for disseminating technologies is recognised. In the interest of ensuring that farmers are ...
Buyu, G.
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Minjauw, B.
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[Farmer field schools as a methodology for diagnosis, modelling and decision support for animal health and production interventions]
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Farmer field schools as a methodology for diagnosis, modelling and decision support for animal health and production interventions
Sperling, L.
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Scheidegger, Urs C.
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[Modèles de participation paysanne à la sélection variétale]
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Modèles de participation paysanne à la sélection variétale