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The role of livestock in nitrogen cycling in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa was explored. Cattle were fed a range of diets to investigate the effects on partitioning of nitrogen between urine and faeces and on the chemical composition of the manures produced. The trade...


Delve, Robert J.Cadisch, GeorgTanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.Thorne, Peter J.Giller, Ken E.[Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa]Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa

Information is needed on the biophysical and economic rationale for labour-demanding (and therefore, expensive) backyard animal rearing systems on smallholdings in the uplands of Java where livestock have been an integral part of highly intensive agriculture for centuries. The occurrence of high ...


Tanner, J.C.Holden, S.J.Owen, E.Winugroho, M.Gill, M.[Livestock sustaining intensive smallholder crop production through traditional feeding practices for generating high quality manure-compost in upland Java]Livestock sustaining intensive smallholder crop production through traditional feeding practices for generating high quality manure-compost in upland Java

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

Maize was planted at two, three or four seeds per hole with uniform spacing and either the smallest plant (S) or the second largest plant (L) was thinned from each hole after 8 and 14 weeks from the four seed plots and after 14 weeks for the three seed plots. Two plants per hole were left to matu...


Methu, J.N.Owen, E.Tanner, J.C.Abate, A.L.[The effect of increasing planting density and thinning on forage and grain yield of maize in Kenyan smallholdings]The effect of increasing planting density and thinning on forage and grain yield of maize in Kenyan smallholdings

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