Rapid growth of the human and livestock populations in sub-Saharan Africa is creating unprecedented increases in food and feed demands. These population pressures on a fixed landbases are likely to promote severe competition for resources and drive agriculture progressively towards intensificatio...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Naazie, A.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Agyemang, K.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?]
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Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?
In the process of developing an improved fallow system based on forage legumes, the potential interest of crop-livestock farmers in enhancing soil fertility restoration and dry-season feed supply was assessed during a socio-economic study on 11 farms of settled agro-pastoralists in the subhumid z...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - first experiences of agro-pastoralists in subhumid southwest Nigeria]
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Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - first experiences of agro-pastoralists in subhumid southwest Nigeria
Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. cv.-group utilis) is widely promoted in tropical and sub-tropical regions as a green manure cover crop that can reduce weed growth and soil erosion and enhance soil fertility. To provide these benefits, the crop must attain rapid ground cover and develop subs...
Hartkamp, A.D.
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Hoogenboom, Gerrit
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Gilbert, R.A.
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Benson, T.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Gijsman, A.J.
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Bowen, W.
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White, Jeffrey W.
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[Adaptation of the CROPGRO growth model to velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens). II. Cultivar evaluation and model testing]
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Adaptation of the CROPGRO growth model to velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens). II. Cultivar evaluation and model testing
A programme of forage legumes evaluation was developed at ILCA subhumid research site in Nigeria from 1985 onwards. Evaluation included monitoring herbage and seed yields, incidence of diseases/pests, regeneration ability and persistence for three growing seasons. This was followed by an in six b...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Evaluating selected forage legumes for livestock and crop production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]
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Evaluating selected forage legumes for livestock and crop production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
The potential of 3-year-old grazed pastures of Stylosanthes hamata, Chamaecrista rotundifolia and Centrosema pascuorum to contribute to subsequent maize production was investigated in subhumid Nigeria in 1993. All three legume pastures had the ability to give better maize grain yields than native...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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[The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems]
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The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems
Trials have been conducted at two sites in the subhumid zone of Nigeria to investigate the influence of weed control on seed quantity and quality using three tropical forage legumes, Centrosema pascuorum cv Cavalcade, Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv Wynn and Stylosanthes hamata cv Verano. Manaual we...
Kachelriess, S.
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Alkamper, J.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Unkrautbekampfung in Saatgutbestanden tropischer futterleguminosen in der subhumiden zone Nigerias (Weed control in tropical legumes for seed production in the subhumid zones of Nigeria)]
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Unkrautbekampfung in Saatgutbestanden tropischer futterleguminosen in der subhumiden zone Nigerias (Weed control in tropical legumes for seed production in the subhumid zones of Nigeria)
In order to contribute to improved utilisation of herbaceous legumes, in particular Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis for crop-livestock systems, the present study explored a number of management options to improve the effect of legumes on subsequent maize yield. The objectives o...
Muhr, I.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: Effects of different rotations and varying levels of N fertiliser]
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Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: Effects of different rotations and varying levels of N fertiliser
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Wright, Iain A.
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[Rangeland-based livestock production systems in the arid and semi-arid tropics: Challenges and opportunities]
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Rangeland-based livestock production systems in the arid and semi-arid tropics: Challenges and opportunities
In a short-term improved fallow for crop-livestock farming systems of subhumid west Africa, rotational effects from a range of forage legumes on a subsequent maize crop were studied at two sites in south-west Nigeria. Nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) export from the fallows in the fo...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. III. Nutrient import and export by forage legumes and their rotational effects on subsequent maize]
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. III. Nutrient import and export by forage legumes and their rotational effects on subsequent maize
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa]
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Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa