Describes some of the important methods of legume introduction into farming systems. Lists some of the legumes identified by ILCA as being of potential value. Summarises the promising genera, their environments of adaptation and their areas of usefulness.
Lazier, J.R.
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[Legumes in forage research programmes for smallscale livestock producers]
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Legumes in forage research programmes for smallscale livestock producers
Review & presents new data on the management, flock structure, fertility, young & adult mortality, birth weight & growth rate and productivity indices of sheep and goats under traditional systems of production in subhumid Nigeria. Includes estimates of sheep & goats numbers, type of breeds and nu...
Bayer, W.
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[Traditional small ruminant production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]
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Traditional small ruminant production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
The presentation first guides to the challenges of water management. First are old challenges related poor conditions and physical deterioration of irrigation and drainage systems; while new ones such as the rising number of farming units not aligned with hydraulic boundaries; variety of crops gr...
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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[Water users' associations in Central Asia: opportunities and challenges for development [Abstract only]]
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Water users' associations in Central Asia: opportunities and challenges for development [Abstract only]
Discusses the use of forage legumes in the contexts of seasonality of other feeds particularly natural pastures and crop residues, the seasonality in animal movements, the competitiveness for land and labour of forage legumes, and the complementarity of forage legumes with other feeds in smallhol...
McIntire, John M.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Forage research in smallholder and pastoral production systems]
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Forage research in smallholder and pastoral production systems
After Tajikistan emerged an independent country, major land reforms took place. Large collective farms were broken up into smaller (dekhan) private farms. This created a vacuum, because there was no provision to manage competing needs of water among private farms. Water user associations were cre...
Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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Aslamy, Sohrob
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MacDonald, Katherine
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Saikia, Panchali
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Mitra, A.
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[Creating water user associations for improved agricultural productivity in Tajikistan: opportunities and challenges]
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Creating water user associations for improved agricultural productivity in Tajikistan: opportunities and challenges
Tessema, S.
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Emojong, E.E.
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Maluti, M.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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[A strategy of livestock research adapted to semi-arid small-scale mixed farming system - The Katumani experience]
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A strategy of livestock research adapted to semi-arid small-scale mixed farming system - The Katumani experience
Discusses the programme of the animal traction research project at ILCA-Niger. Presents results of a study undertaken to assess time saved in soil preparation by using donkeys and a pair of oxen instead of using manual labour.
Discusses inter-institutional collaboration undertaken in order to overcome the waterlogging constraint on vertisols of highland Ethiopia. Presents vertisol technology package for increasing crop and livestock productivity, and implemented by the joint project; good seedbed preparation, an animal...
Presents examples of collaborative studies between the International Livestock Center for Africa and national research organizations to describe some of the genetic resources available for improving milk production in sub-Saharan Africa. Describes the performance of zebu breeds indigenous to the ...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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[Availability of genetic resources for milk production in developing countries, with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa]
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Availability of genetic resources for milk production in developing countries, with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa
Discusses factors influencing grain production in a representative and risky farming system in the Ethiopian highlands, with quantitative evidence of the critical contribution of draft oxen to farm grain production by comparing yield and area cultivated between farmers who are ox-owners and those...
Anderson, F.M.
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Gryseels, Guido
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Durkin, J.W.
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[Factors affecting smallholder grain production in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Factors affecting smallholder grain production in the Ethiopian highlands