In alley farming, crop response to mulching is the most important determinant of whether or not the use of prunings for feeding animals is economic. The aim of this paper is to use some recent agronomic and animal nutrition trial data to reassess whether it is economic to add small ruminants to a...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Cobbina, J.
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Reynolds, L.
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[Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria]
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Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria
The aetiology of geophagia in periurban dairy cattle in Nigeria was assessed in relation to the mineral status of the serum, the herbage consumed, and the soil from where the herbage was consumed. The study was carried out using nine herds in the derived savannah zone during both the wet and dry ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Adebowale, E.A.
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Ogundola, F.I.
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Taiwo, A.A.
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Akpavie, S.O.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Influence of minerals on the aetiology of geophagia in periurban dairy cattle in the derived Savannah of Nigeria]
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Influence of minerals on the aetiology of geophagia in periurban dairy cattle in the derived Savannah of Nigeria
The effect of managing hedgerow foliage for mulch and fodder in Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium alley farming systems on maize grain yield and soil chemical characteristics was studied in on-station and on-farm experiments in southwestern Nigeria. Yields increased as the proportion of...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Effect of taking fodder crop on maize grain yield and soil chemical properties in Leucaena and Gliricidia alley farming systems in western Nigeria]
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Effect of taking fodder crop on maize grain yield and soil chemical properties in Leucaena and Gliricidia alley farming systems in western Nigeria
Previous economic analysis found alley cropping more profitable than coventional farming. One study that also compared alley farming with small ruminants found it less profitable than alley cropping. The present study shows, on the basis of more recent experimental data, that crop response to mul...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Cobbina, J.
,
[Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria]
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Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria