Discusses the historical context of ILCA's research, the principal types of animal production systems and the stages in ILCA's farming systems research. Describes the smallholder farming in the Ethiopian highlands & humid zone, the agropastoralists of the sub-humid zone, systems research in pasto...
Gryseels, Guido
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McIntire, John M.
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Anderson, F.M.
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[Research with a farming systems perspective at ILCA]
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Research with a farming systems perspective at ILCA
Describes possible methods of allocating research resources based on different analytical models. Presents a brief review of models proposed; and some evidence about current agricultural and livestock reserch in sub-Saharan Africa. Also presents emperical tests of which variables might be importa...
McIntire, John M.
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[Allocation of livestock research resources in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Allocation of livestock research resources in sub-Saharan Africa
Assesses the performance of phosphate rock compared to other phosphates on cereals and feed crops, and the conditions under which it raises yield. Anayses its profitability.
Seyoum, E.
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McIntire, John M.
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[Literature review and economic analysis of crop response to phosphate rocks in eastern Africa]
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Literature review and economic analysis of crop response to phosphate rocks in eastern Africa
Evaluates alley farming models with small ruminants based on field and experimental data from southwest Nigeria, and compares them to basic alley cropping and to fallow systems. Describes the basic fallow model, the basic alley cropping model without animals, the alley farming model with goats, a...
Sumberg, J.E.
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McIntire, John M.
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Okali, C.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[Economic analysis of alley farming with small ruminants]
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Economic analysis of alley farming with small ruminants