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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?

From biological data collected between January 1986 and December 1989, and economic data collected during 1988, 10-year projections of herd structure, production, and economic and financial returns were calculated for 13 village cattle herds at two village sites in the Gambia. The analyses indica...


Itty, P.Swallow, B.M.Rowlands, G.J.Agyemang, K.Dwinger, R.H.[Economics of village production of N'Dama cattle in the Gambia]Economics of village production of N'Dama cattle in the Gambia

The experiments took place in the villages of Pirang (low trypanosomiasis risk), Keneba and Nioro Jattaba (low-to-medium trypanosomiasis risk). In Nioro Jattaba, cows milked once a day while in the other two villages cows milked twice a day. In Pirang and Keneba, 45 calves taken from each village...


Riley, J.A.Agyemang, K.Dwinger, R.H.Jeannin, P.Grieve, A.S.Little, D.A.[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia

Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition int...


Little, D.A.Wassink, G.J.Riley, J.A.Agyemang, K.Badjie, B.Dwinger, R.H.[Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves]Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves

Current cereal breeding programmes at commodity-oriented research centres emphasize grain yields with little consideration for fodder yield and quality. In farming systems with livestock, the use of varieties with high-grain yields but low stover yields may be rejected by farmers. This study inve...


Agyemang, K.Larbi, AsamoahMurty, D.S.[Evaluating variation in feed attributes of elite grain sorghum cultivars]Evaluating variation in feed attributes of elite grain sorghum cultivars

Groups of lactating N'Dama cows maintained under traditional husbandry conditions were given dry season supplements of locally available oil seed residues to establish nutritional recommendations for improving livestock productivity in the sub-humid zone of West Africa. In one experiment cows wer...


Little, D.A.Wassink, G.J.Agyemang, K.Leperre, P.Janneh, L.Badjie, B.[Feed supplementation of lactating N'Dama cows under village husbandry]Feed supplementation of lactating N'Dama cows under village husbandry
Makun, H.J.Umunna, N.N.Agyemang, K.Osuji, P.O.Alawa, J.P.Nsahlai, I.V.[Response of growing sheep to maize stover supplemented with urea-malaise block meal or agroindustrial by products]Response of growing sheep to maize stover supplemented with urea-malaise block meal or agroindustrial by products
Makun, H.J.Umunna, N.N.Osuji, P.O.Agyemang, K.Alawa, J.P.Nsahlai, I.V.[Response of growing sheep to maize stover supplemented with Lablab (Dolichos lablab), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) forage, protein, blood meal and mixtures of forage and blood meal]Response of growing sheep to maize stover supplemented with Lablab (Dolichos lablab), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) forage, protein, blood meal and mixtures of forage and blood meal
Echoche, O.W.Barje, P.P.Agyemang, K.Aliu, H.O.[Evaluation of forage legume (Lablab purpureus) as supplement for lactating dairy cows]Evaluation of forage legume (Lablab purpureus) as supplement for lactating dairy cows

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