Presents preliminary assessment of animals' performance under a free-roaming and movement-restricted production system and farmers' responses to changed husbandry practices in southeast Nigeria; with particular reference to flock dynamics & male to female ratio; reproductive performance; growth r...
Mack, S.
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Sumberg, J.E.
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Okali, C.
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[Small ruminant production under pressure: The example of goats in southeast Nigeria]
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Small ruminant production under pressure: The example of goats in southeast Nigeria
Describes small ruminant production systems for the humid areas of southern Nigeria. Discusses the differences in ownership patterns between men and women; household relations particularly decision making processes related to the potential use of browse as fertilizer or feed; and the unique natur...
Okali, C.
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Sumberg, J.E.
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[Sheep and goats, men and women: Household relations and small ruminant development in southwest Nigeria]
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Sheep and goats, men and women: Household relations and small ruminant development in southwest Nigeria
Describes the small ruminant production systems in Java, Indonesia and in the humid zone of West Africa. Highlights key feautures of small farm systems which should determine on-farm research design.
Okali, C.
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Knipscheer, H.C.
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[Small ruminant production in mixed farming systems: Case studies in research design]
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Small ruminant production in mixed farming systems: Case studies in research design
Summarizes information on small ruminant production in Nigeria & analyzes the farming system in the Badeku & Eruwa areas of the Oyo State in Nigeria, estimating household size, farm size, crop distribution, degree of involvment in the cash economy, farm income & importance of non-farm income. Rel...
Okali, C.
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[Socio-economic information for ILCA's small ruminant programme in the Badeku and Eruwa areas, Oyo state, Nigeria]
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Socio-economic information for ILCA's small ruminant programme in the Badeku and Eruwa areas, Oyo state, Nigeria