he small amount of on-farm research that has been carried out with fodder trees in Africa has mainly involved exotic species selected by researchers rather than farmers. In this study, farmers who had participated in a pre-planting survey chose, during feedback meetings, seedlings of indigenous, ...
Roothaert, Ralph L.
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Franzel, Steven
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Kiura, M.
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[On-farm evaluation of fodder trees and shrubs preferred by farmers in central Kenya]
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On-farm evaluation of fodder trees and shrubs preferred by farmers in central Kenya
Purpose: This paper assesses the effectiveness of volunteer farmer trainers in promoting adoption of agricultural technologies in western Kenya. Specifically, the purpose was to assess the type of information they disseminated, farmer trainers' characteristics desirable to farmer trainees, and ho...
Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Place, Frank
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Franzel, Steven
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Kiptot, E.
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[Disseminating improved practices: Are volunteer farmer trainers effective?]
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Disseminating improved practices: Are volunteer farmer trainers effective?
Fodder trees are important feed sources for livestock in a wide range of agroforestry systems throughout the world. Farmers have used fodder trees since ancient times and they are common in traditional feeding systems. In recent times there have been significant movements of germplasm and increas...
Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Franzel, Steven
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[Alleviating feed shortages in agro-pastoral systems of Kenya]
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Alleviating feed shortages in agro-pastoral systems of Kenya
Shelton, HM
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Franzel, Steven
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Peters, Michael
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[Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: analysis of success]
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Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: analysis of success