The humid zone of southern Nigeria has an estimated 9 million small ruminants, largely consisting of trypanotolerant dwarf goats and sheep. In spite of this, aggregate demand for small ruminant meat in the zone exceeds supply from local sources and the gap is met by supplies from the subhumid and...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
[Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria]
,
Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria
A year-long survey of rural small ruminant markets in southern Nigeria shows that supplies from local sources fail to keep pace with increased demand, particularly at festival times, and the gap is filled by supplies from the northern part of the country. Subsistence oriented southern producers s...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
[Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria]
,
Market niches for increased small ruminant production in southern Nigeria
Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for ut...
Jabbar, M.A.
,
Reynolds, L.
,
Larbi, Asamoah
,
Smith, Jimmy W.
,
[Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa]
,
Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa