Published and new data from experiments conducted in several range sites in Niger and Mali were analysed to assess wet season, dry season and year-round animal weight changes, stocking rates, forage availability, feed intake and faecal excretions of cattle, sheep and goats. Herbage availability o...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Sangare, M.
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Schlecht, E.
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[Foraging efficiency, stocking rates, grazing pressure and livestock weight changes in the Sahel]
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Foraging efficiency, stocking rates, grazing pressure and livestock weight changes in the Sahel
Short-duration rotation grazing was compared with deferred grazing in a 3-year experiment at ICRISAT, Niger. Short-duration grazing used a mixed herd (2 steers, 4 sheep and 4 goats) and cycles of 15-21 days in the wet season and 91 days in the dry season. Wet season grazing compared high (83-126 ...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel]
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Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel
In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel]
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Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel