Inadequate feed supplies remain a major constraint to sustainable cattle production in general, and milk production in particular, in smallholder production systems throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In the emerging peri-urban dairy production systems in West and central Africa, for example, poor dev...
Olaloku, E.A.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Research priorities for the development of appropriate feeding systems for dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Research priorities for the development of appropriate feeding systems for dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa
This study was conducted in Metema district, Amhara Region, Ethiopia to characterize the existing feed resources and recommend their enhanced utilization for animal production. The major feeds were pasture (55.7%), crop residues (20.7%), stubble (14.3%) and hay (9.3%). The estimated annual feed s...
Desalew, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Negatu, L.
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Teka, W.
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[Opportunities for exploiting underutilized feed resources to enhance market-oriented animal production in North-western Ethiopia]
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Opportunities for exploiting underutilized feed resources to enhance market-oriented animal production in North-western Ethiopia
A small group met for three days with the aim of developing a simple tool for characterizing the smallholder feeding system in different environments. The vision was to produce something that would be useful for development agencies to diagnose feed issues and provide guidance for potential inter...
Adie, Aberra
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[Some notes on a workshop on a Feed Resource Assessment in Smallholder Systems]
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Some notes on a workshop on a Feed Resource Assessment in Smallholder Systems
Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Feed resources and feeding strategies for improving smallholder animal production systems in south east Asia]
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Feed resources and feeding strategies for improving smallholder animal production systems in south east Asia
Presents procedures for feed budgeting and allocation developed to access the quantity and quality of all feed components and to determine the production goals of each enterprise and allocates feed in relation to their requirements within the framework of overall feed supplies. Examines land, cro...
Mixed crop-lvestock production system is the major agricultural production system in Ethiopia with a wide array of Development challenges and opportunities. One of the key challenge in improving the agricultural productivity of the system is feed scarcity and undernutrition. The major basal feed ...
Bediye, S.
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Assefa, G.
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Tedla, A.
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Fekadu, D.
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[Present status and future direction in feed resources and nutrition research targeted for wheat based crop-livestock production system in Ethiopia]
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Present status and future direction in feed resources and nutrition research targeted for wheat based crop-livestock production system in Ethiopia
Discusses the aim of studies on vegetation & feed resources in pastoral systems, describing the collection & presentation of data in the descriptive phase; identification of constraints in the diagnostic phase; and analysis of the impact of selected variables or technical innovations on the syste...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Les vegetations et les ressources fourrageres dans les systemes pastoraux]
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Les vegetations et les ressources fourrageres dans les systemes pastoraux
The livestock revolution is occurring but it is being preceded by the feed revolution because of the substantial mount of feed required to supply by the increased animal population. However, the opportunities to meet the demand for feed depend on the existing production systems. This paper looks ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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Devendra, C.
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[Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries]
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Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries
Addresses the contribution of livestock to food security in Ethiopia and to make suggestions on how to eliminate or alleviate the constraints facing the subsector for increased and sustainable contribution to food security. Presents data on the total and per capita production and yield of Meat, c...
A deterministic model was developed to evaluate the adequacy and utilization of ruminant livestock feed resources in the moist savannahs of W. Africa. Changes in land cropped and available as range, were used to project changes in feed resources over time and to evalaute whether these feed resour...
Naazie, A.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Modelling feed resources budgets in the moist savannahs of West Africa]
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Modelling feed resources budgets in the moist savannahs of West Africa