Presents ILCA's research study in the subhumid zone of west Africa regarding the Fulani of Abet. Includes settlement and land use, farmer-interactions, cropping, fallow & crop residue grazing, hired labour, herd management, herd productivity, inovation design & testing, supplementary feeding, leg...
Waters-Bayer, Ann
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Bayer, W.
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[The Fulani of Abet: Research for development of agropastoralism in the West African Savannah]
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The Fulani of Abet: Research for development of agropastoralism in the West African Savannah
Shrubs and trees browsed by Fulani pastoralists' cattle in two areas of central Nigeria were identified by means of interviews with the pastoralists and observations of browsing cattle. Thirty-nine palnt species were identified, many of them indigenous economic trees. The species were ranked by p...
Examines the consequences for cattle husbandry of livestock-crop integration as practiced in an agropastoral production system in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria - based on a study of herding practices and cattle grazing behaviour.
Bayer, W.
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[Pratiques agropastorales et modes de patures des bovins dans la zone subhumide du Nigeria]
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Pratiques agropastorales et modes de patures des bovins dans la zone subhumide du Nigeria
Examines the consequences for cattle husbandry of livestock-crop integration as practiced in an agropastoral production system in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria - based on a study of herding practices and cattle grazing behaviour.
Bayer, W.
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[Agropastoral herding practices and grazing behaviour of cattle in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]
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Agropastoral herding practices and grazing behaviour of cattle in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
Presents results of a study of grazing behaviour and forage resources utilisation by herded cattle belonging to agropastoralists at Abet & Kurmin Biri in the subhumid zone of Nigeria as well time spent on walking, resting & watering. Subdivides grazing activities into natural range grazing, brows...