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Summarizes research findings in analysis of the existing systems, i.e. in production monitoring, veterinary survey, ecological monitoring, household economics, socio-economics & aerial surveys, and also in testing of innovations conducted by ILCA's Subhumid Programme in Nigeria and outlines the w...

Presents results of a study conducted to quantify the productivity of Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium planted in alternate raws 4 m apart and the effects of using foliage from the trees as green manure on soil fertility, and crop production and as feed for sheep and goat production. A...

Describes the monitoring Programme carried out by ILCA covering phase II of the Kenya Livestock Development Project, and the six components included. Also describes a two-tiered monitoring system consisting of intensive studies of carefully selected samples and an extensive data collection networ...

Report showing 2 years of ILCA's activities in the humid zones of West Africa; stresses on the productivity of sheep & goats and trypanotolerant cattle production in the area; discusses the establishment of the first alley farming to alleviate nutritional stress of animals, and the first workshop...

Presents a study of traditional livestock systems of the Niger delta and the Sahel. Identifies constraints to production in traditional systems and constraints to adequate analysis and quantitative identification to problems. Outlines research requirements and gives indications of development pos...

Report on the monitoring programme in Botswana, with particular reference to the First and Second Livestock Development Projects, the Nojane ranches and the Village Area Development Programme.

Examines the interdisciplinary research being pursued by the ILCA East African Range Livestock Systems Study (EARLSS) team in Kenya, discussing the rationale for an interdisciplinary aproach to the study, factors which led to the concentration of the team's investigation on Maasai pastoralists, a...

Records the history of ILCA's involvement in Botswana between 1977 & 1981, w. emphasis on the monitoring of the operational aspects of the Tribal Grazing Land Policy, particularly regarding the implementation of the Second Livestock Development Project, and the monitoring of range, livestock perf...

Briefly outlines the approaches to monitoring of Kenya Livestock Development Project in terms of manpower and cost; discusses the conceptual approaches to monitoring data, data collection and the allocation of monitoring resources.