Examines the role of baseline surveys and of farmers in farming systems research and in technology design, using the experience of ILCA's Humid Zone Programme; also examines the potential of farming systems research teams working in specific locations to provide guidelines for the development of ...
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 construction features of a `live' Leucaena leucocephala fence, developed by ILCA as part of its Small Ruminant Programme in Ibadan, Nigeria, that has been successfully used in restraining the movements of sheep.
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
Outlines a re-evaluation and a re-calculation of recently published hypothesis concerning the potential impact of alley farming on maize yields. Gives modifications and analysis based on the alley farming research of the International Livestock Center for Africa's (ILCA) Humid Zone Programme in N...
Sumberg, J.E.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation]
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The potential of alley farming in humid West Africa - a re-evaluation
Describes a recently completed collection of Gliricidia sepium germplasm in Costa Rica. Presents and describes some characteristics of the collection sites and the range of variation in some plant characteristics.
Sumberg, J.E.
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[Collection and initial evaluation of Gliricidia sepium from Costa Rica]
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Collection and initial evaluation of Gliricidia sepium from Costa Rica
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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[Analyse economique de la culture en couloirs a composante fourragere]
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Analyse economique de la culture en couloirs a composante fourragere
Review of work being carried out by ILCA's Humid Zone Programme based at Ibadan, Nigeria to improve small ruminant production in this area. Evaluates ways of linking crop & small ruminant production through the use of fast growing leguminous trees such as Leucaena leucocephala & Gliricidia sepium...
Sumberg, J.E.
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[La culture en allees dans la zone humide: Une association de l'elevage et de l'agriculture]
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La culture en allees dans la zone humide: Une association de l'elevage et de l'agriculture
Sumberg, J.E.
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Cassaday, K.
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[Sheep and goats in humid West Africa: Proceedings of the workshop on small ruminant production systems in the humid zone of West Africa held in Ibadan, Nigeria, 23-26 January 1984]
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Sheep and goats in humid West Africa: Proceedings of the workshop on small ruminant production systems in the humid zone of West Africa held in Ibadan, Nigeria, 23-26 January 1984
Sumberg, J.E.
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Miles, John W.
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[Genetic relations among five lines of Stylosanthes guyanensis]
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Genetic relations among five lines of Stylosanthes guyanensis