Discusses a practical non-destructive sampling procedure of experimental Napier grass populations (Pennisetum purpureum) which is determined by the number of stools per row of planted Napier grass, the number of tillers per stool and the number, height and thickness of each tiller, the latter bei...
Presents preliminary results of research on feed resource development conducted in the subhumid Kenyan coast. The studies are divided into two-systems studies and component studies. The systems studies include experiments on fodder production based on napier grass var. Bana grown in leucaena alle...
Mureithi, J.G.
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[Collaborative research programme on smallholder dairy production in coastal subhumid zone. Research on feed resource development. Background, proposals and preliminary results]
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Collaborative research programme on smallholder dairy production in coastal subhumid zone. Research on feed resource development. Background, proposals and preliminary results
Smallholder dairy production based on zero-grazed Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum CV Bana) fed to crossbred Bos taurus X Bos indicus cows has been introduced to tropical sub-humid East Africa. Leucaena leucocephala forage offers a cheap convenient source of supplementry protein. Thirty-six Ayr...
Muinga, R.W.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Topps, J.H.
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Mureithi, J.G.
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[Responses to a Pennisetum purpureum (Napier grass) basal diet harvested at two different heights and fed with three levels of Leucaena forage to crossbred dairy cows in the subhumid tropics]
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Responses to a Pennisetum purpureum (Napier grass) basal diet harvested at two different heights and fed with three levels of Leucaena forage to crossbred dairy cows in the subhumid tropics
Reports on a research project developed and currently being implemented in coastal Kenya whose broad objective is to determine whether a system of mixed crop and forage production can be developed in which output (food grain and feed production) can be sustained by using biologically fixed nitrog...
Mureithi, J.G.
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[Mixed crop-forage production system suitable for coastal subhumid Kenya]
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Mixed crop-forage production system suitable for coastal subhumid Kenya