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Baltenweck, IsabelleStaal, Steven J.Owango, M.O.Muriuki, H.Lukuyu, Ben A.Gichungu, G.Kenyanjui, M.Njubi, D.Tanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.[Intensification of dairying in the greater Nairobi milk-shed: spatial and household analysis]Intensification of dairying in the greater Nairobi milk-shed: spatial and household analysis

Three hundred mixed, smallholder farms in Kariti location, Kandara Division, Maragua District, Central Kenya, were surveyed. Dairy cattle management practices, including type of animal enclosure, roofing, floor type, drainage, use of bedding, feeding of concentrates; and manure management pract...


Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment]Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment

Baltenweck, IsabelleStaal, Steven J.Owango, M.O.Muriuki, H.Lukuyu, Ben A.Gichungu, G.Kenyanjui, M.Njubi, D.Tanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.[Intensification and competitiveness of smallholder dairy production systems in the greater Nairobi Milk-Shed]Intensification and competitiveness of smallholder dairy production systems in the greater Nairobi Milk-Shed

In European dairy herds lactation curves are conventionally described by a gamma function such as that of Wood (1969). High yields in early lactation mean that more frequent calving leads to increased annual milk production (AMP) per cow. Thus, the optimum calving interval in the UK is 365 days (...


Tanner, J.C.McCarthy, N.A.Omore, Amos O.[Why shorten calving intervals on smallholder dairy farms in East Africa?]Why shorten calving intervals on smallholder dairy farms in East Africa?

A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted with smallholder dairy farmers in the central highlands of Kenya, where smallholder mixed farming systems predominate. Shortage of fodder is the principal problem as a result of decreasing farm size and, therefore, cattle are rarely fed ad libit...


Romney, D.L.Tanner, J.C.Chui, J.Kenyanjui, M.Morton, J.Ndegwa, P.Kimari, A.Thorne, Peter J.[Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers]Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers

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