This review paper discusses the relevance and potential importance of food-feed systems in Asian agricultural systems, and in particular the role and contribution of legumes to these systems. A food-feed system is one that maintains, if not increases, the yield of food crops, sustains soil fertil...
This paper focuses on the background, approaches, and progress made over the last three years by the Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) project carried out by ILRI in partnership with national agricultural research systems (NARS) in China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. ...
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Singh, D.
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Swain, B.B.
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Teufel, Nils
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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Villar, E.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Transformation of crop-livestock systems in Asia: The role of crop residues in improving productivity and enhancing sustainability in livestock intensification]
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Transformation of crop-livestock systems in Asia: The role of crop residues in improving productivity and enhancing sustainability in livestock intensification
The design of technological interventions and their ex ante evaluation is one of the most critical steps in farming systems research, since it is an initial effort to find solutions to those problems prioritised by farmers. This paper discusses the design of technological interventions with refer...
The paper describes a benchmark site, outlines how benchmark sites can serve, lists the purposes of site characterizaiton and examines end-products of site description/characterization. The information required for bio-physical characterization of benchmark sites is presented in a tabular form. T...
Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Methodologies for site characterization in crop-animal systems research with an ecoregional approach]
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Methodologies for site characterization in crop-animal systems research with an ecoregional approach
The present paper describes the processes applied by the Sichuan Animal Science Academy (SASA)/CASREN Team in Zitong County in order to improve the sweet potato-based pig production systems that are predominantly present in that area, which is representative of the rainfed uplands of Sichuan Prov...
Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Assessing the impact of the SASA/CASREN technology interventions in the sweet potato-pig production systems in Zitong County (Sichuan, China)]
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Assessing the impact of the SASA/CASREN technology interventions in the sweet potato-pig production systems in Zitong County (Sichuan, China)
Devendra, C.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Crop-livestock systems in Asia and Latin America: Characteristics, opportunities for productivity enhancement and emerging challenges, including comparisons with West Africa]
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Crop-livestock systems in Asia and Latin America: Characteristics, opportunities for productivity enhancement and emerging challenges, including comparisons with West Africa
Pezo, Danilo A.
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Li Pun, H.H.
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Devendra, C.
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[Crop-animal systems in South East Asia: ILRI research agenda]
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Crop-animal systems in South East Asia: ILRI research agenda