A study was conducted in the humid-forest, forest-savanna, and Guinea savanna zones of West Africa from 1993 to 1999 to examine the effect of managing crop residues from cereal-legume cropping systems for mulch and fodder for sheeIncreasing the proportion of total crop residues produced from a un...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Agyare, W.A.
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Gbaraneh, L.D.
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Tanko, R.J.
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Akinlade, J.
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Omokaye, A.T.
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Karbo, N.
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Aboh, N.
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[Crop residues for mulch and feed in crop livestock systems: Impact on maize grain yield and soil properties in the West African humid forest and Savanna zones]
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Crop residues for mulch and feed in crop livestock systems: Impact on maize grain yield and soil properties in the West African humid forest and Savanna zones
Two experiments were conducted using dried leaves of Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus capensis, Manniophytum fulvum and Albizza niopoides. In Experiment 1, dry matter (DM) degradation characteristics were investigated using the in sacco nylon bag technique in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, WAD goats ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species]
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Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species
Crude protein content and in sacco dry matter (DM) loss after 72 h of incubation in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats of fresh, wilted and dried leaves of Gliricidia sepium were compared. Additionally, voluntary DM intakes by WAD sheep and goats of G. sepium leaves presented in the fresh, ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum]
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Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum
The dry matter (DM) yield and degradability of 6-week-old harvests of tropical forages were measured over a season. The forages were nitrogen-fertilized Guinea grass (Panicum maximum, NFG), unfertilized Guinea grass (UFG), Verano stylo (Stylosanthes hamata,VS), a Guinea grassVerano stylo mixture ...
Bamikole, M.A.
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Akinsoyinu, A.O.
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Ezenwa, I.
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Babayemi, O.J.
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Akinlade, J.
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Adewumi, M.K.
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[Effect of six-weekly harvests on the yield, chemical composition and dry matter degradability of Panicum maximum and Stylosanthes hamata in Nigeria]
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Effect of six-weekly harvests on the yield, chemical composition and dry matter degradability of Panicum maximum and Stylosanthes hamata in Nigeria
Information on the utilisation of legume hays from an intercropping system as a feed supplement is limited. Three forage legume hays (Stylosanthes guianensis, Lablab purpureus and Aeschynomene histrix) were compared by feeding them as supplements for yearling West African Dwarf rams (LWt 18.0±2.2...
Akinlade, J.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Archibald, A.L.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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[Forage from cropping systems as dry season supplements for sheep]
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Forage from cropping systems as dry season supplements for sheep
Information is scanty on seasonal changes in the yield and quality of forage legumes adapted to the West African savannas. Two experiments were conducted from 1992-1994 in the derived savanna zone of West Africa to determine the dry matter (DM) yield and 48-h in sacco DM digestibility of 17 acces...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Awojide, A.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Identifying Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions and Centrosema species for bridging seasonal feed gaps in smallholder mixed farms in the West African derived savanna]
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Identifying Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions and Centrosema species for bridging seasonal feed gaps in smallholder mixed farms in the West African derived savanna