Describes the design and potential application of some techniques to improve fodder in selected cropping patterns in the subhumid zone of Nigeria. Lists major crops cultivated in the SHZ. Presents the cropping patterns in Abet.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Otsyina, R.M.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Some methods for improving fodder by incorporating forage legumes in cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian sub-humid zone]
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Some methods for improving fodder by incorporating forage legumes in cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian sub-humid zone
Discusses the rest period requirements and the role of stylosanthes in cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone. Presents results of two trials, viz, N application on maize grain yield after natural fallow, and changes in soil physical properties after diffrent land use.
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Adeoye, K.B.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Rest period requirements and role for Stylosanthes cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone]
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Rest period requirements and role for Stylosanthes cereal cropping systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone
Outlines the economic role of sheep and goats in the food production systems of rural communities in Africa, analysing constraints limiting their contribution to the welfare of small farm/low income producers and prescribing methods for overcoming them.
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Wilson, R.T.
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Reynolds, L.
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[The economic role of small ruminants in agricultural communities and land use systems in Africa]
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The economic role of small ruminants in agricultural communities and land use systems in Africa