Background
Poor nutritional status during childhood and its long-term impact on economic growth and wellbeing is well known. This study assessed the nutritional status of children in selected communities in northern Ghana, to serve as baseline data for the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensifi...
Glover-Amengor, M.
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Agbemafle, I.
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Hagan, L.L.
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Mboom, F.P.
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Gamor, G.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard
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[Nutritional status of children 0-59 months in selected intervention communities in northern Ghana from the Africa RISING project in 2012]
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Nutritional status of children 0-59 months in selected intervention communities in northern Ghana from the Africa RISING project in 2012
The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of intermittent use of direct-fed microbial addition (DFM-“RE3®”) on growth performance and health status of indigenous guinea fowls in northern Ghana. One-hundred and eighty day-old guinea keets were randomly assigned to 4 direct-fed micr...
Sarfo, G.K.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Hamidu, J.A.
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Donkoh, A.
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[Effect of direct-fed microbial addition in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) diets on performance and health responses]
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Effect of direct-fed microbial addition in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) diets on performance and health responses
During the period February to July 1992, the incidence of attacks by insect pests on ten cultivated browse species was studied at Obio Akpa, located in humid southeastern Nigeria. Two of the browse species Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala were exotic and eight Alchornia cordifolia, Bap...
Orok, E.J.
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Ekpo, M.U.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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[Insect pests of some exotic and indigenous browse species in southeastern Nigeria]
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Insect pests of some exotic and indigenous browse species in southeastern Nigeria
The cafteria technique using three-year-old West African Dwarf sheep was used to determine relative palatability differences within 28 provenances of Gliricidia sepium collected from west African and central America. Leucaena leucocephala and Guazuma ulmifolia were included as controls. Significa...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Osakwe, I.I.
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Lambourne, J.W.
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[Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances]
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Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances
Harvests were made at the end of the main (April-August) and minor (September-November) wet, and dry (December-March) seasons for two years. Dry season edible forage samples were analyzed for concentrations of crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (NDF), acid det...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Kurdi, I.O.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Raji, A.M.
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Ladipo, D.O.
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[Feed value of multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Edible forage production and nutritive value of Millettia thonningii and Albizia lebbeck]
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Feed value of multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Edible forage production and nutritive value of Millettia thonningii and Albizia lebbeck
Two experiments were conducted using dried leaves of Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus capensis, Manniophytum fulvum and Albizza niopoides. In Experiment 1, dry matter (DM) degradation characteristics were investigated using the in sacco nylon bag technique in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, WAD goats ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species]
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Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species
Crude protein content and in sacco dry matter (DM) loss after 72 h of incubation in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats of fresh, wilted and dried leaves of Gliricidia sepium were compared. Additionally, voluntary DM intakes by WAD sheep and goats of G. sepium leaves presented in the fresh, ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum]
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Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum
We investigated variation in forage production, in sacco dry matter (DM) and nitrogen (N) degradations, and in vitro gas production characteristics of four Albizia (A. lebbeck N 864), A. procera N 865, A. saman N 825) and Paraserianthes falcataria (N 783) provenances obtained from The Nitrogen Fi...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Kurdi, I.O.
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[Studies on multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Variation in determinants of forage quality in Albizia and Paraserianthes species]
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Studies on multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Variation in determinants of forage quality in Albizia and Paraserianthes species
Some species of the genus Erythrina have considerable potential as forage, but information on their nutritional value is scanty. The objective of the study was to define groups of Erythrina provenances based on rumen degradation parameters for dry matter and nitrogen which would be useful in the ...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Kurdi, I.O.
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Said, A.N.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Classification of Erythrina provenances by rumen degradation characteristics of dry matter and nitrogen]
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Classification of Erythrina provenances by rumen degradation characteristics of dry matter and nitrogen
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Plant, animal and soil responses to population of cowpea in maize-cowpea intercrops]
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Plant, animal and soil responses to population of cowpea in maize-cowpea intercrops