The economic and performance effect of supplementing smallholder cattle by substituting commercial feed with iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic diets based on alternative protein sources was investigated in two trials. In trial 1, three diets (commercial concentrate, commercial concentrate partial...
Chakoma, Irenie
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Manyawu, Godfrey J.
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Gwiriri, L.C.
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Moyo, Siboniso
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Dube, Sikhalazo
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Imbayarwo-Chikosi, V.E.
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Halimani, T.E.
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Chakoma, C.
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Maasdorp, B.V.
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Buwu, V.
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[Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe]
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Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe
The major challenge to adoption of improved forage technologies in the smallholder farming sector is poor accessibility to seed of improved cultivars. Since 2012, the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Improved Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project set out to address such challenges through resea...
Chakoma, Irenie
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Gwiriri, L.C.
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Manyawu, Godfrey J.
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Dube, Sikhalazo
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Shumba, M.
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Gora, A.
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[Forage seed production and trade as a pathway out of poverty in the smallholder sector: Lessons from the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project]
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Forage seed production and trade as a pathway out of poverty in the smallholder sector: Lessons from the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project
The effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpea and lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy cows was investigated in the 2013 and 2014 dry seasons. Using 3 × 3 Latin square de...