Discusses biological options available for improvement in the productivity of pastoral systems, particularly referring to problems arising from aridity and under-nutrition, and problems of particular systems such as mortality of young stock, bush encroachment, epidemic diseases and management sys...
Discusses the effects of the interaction among genotype, animal health & nutrition on livestock productivity within a particular environment, w. spec. ref. to results of work undertaken by ILCA on the nutrition component of the system, using availability & composition of forage, and composition &...
Looks into the nature of African rangelands, cattle & small stock production/productivity, nutrition limitations to production, improvement of rangeland and conservation of arid range land; presents data on estimated yield of cows in ILCA pastoral programmes, production characteristics of sheep a...
Butterworth, M.H.
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Lambourne, L.J.
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[Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands]
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Productivity improvement and resource conservation in the use of African rangelands
Reports research activities in goat productivity in tropical Africa. Discusses in detail the economic importance of goats; Development of breeds suited to various ecological zones; production systems and productivity & limitations; location & topics of current research activity, and present and f...