Reports results from a 41 month study of West African Dwarf goats and sheep under village conditions in South-West Nigeria. Presents data on distribution by age and sex; reasons for animals leaving the survey; reproductive performance; litter size; weight at different ages and probability surviva...
Sumberg, J.E.
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Mack, S.D.
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[Village production of West African Dwarf goats and sheep in Nigeria]
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Village production of West African Dwarf goats and sheep in Nigeria
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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[Alley farming in the humid zone: Linking crop and livestock production]
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Alley farming in the humid zone: Linking crop and livestock production
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