Crop residues (CR) have become a limited resource in mixed crop-livestock farms. As a result of the increasing demand and low availability of alternative resources, CR became an essential resource for household activities, especially for livestock keeping; a major livelihood element of smallholde...
Valbuena, Diego
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Teufel, Nils
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Swain, B.B.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Germaine, I.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming systems in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe, where biomass production is limited and farmers integrate crop and livest...
Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Valbuena, Diego
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Masikati, Patricia
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Claessens, Lieven
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Nkomboni, D.
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[Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe]
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Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe
The research and development community faces the challenge of sustaining crop productivity gains, improving rural livelihoods and securing environmental sustainability in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). This calls for a better understanding of farming systems and of rural livelihoods, particularl...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Singh, J.
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Varma, A.
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[ILRI Research Report. no. 13]
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[Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India]
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Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India
Cereal residues are an important feed source for ruminants in smallholder crop-livestock systems in the (sub)tropics. In many areas of India maize is a relatively new cash crop where farmers and development agents alike generally perceive maize stover to have limited utility, in contrast with the...
Erenstein, Olaf
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Samaddar, Arindam
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Teufel, Nils
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Blümmel, Michael
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[The paradox of limited maize stover use in india's smallholder crop-livestock systems]
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The paradox of limited maize stover use in india's smallholder crop-livestock systems
Valbuena, Diego
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Teufel, Nils
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[Biomass pressures in mixed farms: Implications for livelihoods and ecosystems services in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa]
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Biomass pressures in mixed farms: Implications for livelihoods and ecosystems services in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) have long exemplified South Asia’s agricultural transformation through the Green Revolution. The same systems now also typify the post-Green Revolution stagnation and equity challenges, despite receiving considerable attention from the research...
Erenstein, Olaf
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India]
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Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is being advocated to enhance soil health and sustain long term crop productivity in the developing world. One of CA's key principles is the maintenance of soil cover often by retaining a proportion of crop residues on the field as mulch. Yet smallholder crop–livesto...
Valbuena, Diego
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Claessens, Lieven
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Teufel, Nils
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia