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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.Naazie, A.Larbi, AsamoahAgyemang, K.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?]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.Tarawali, Shirley A.Peters, MichaelSchultze-Kraft, Rainer[Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - first experiences of agro-pastoralists in subhumid southwest Nigeria]Acceptability of forage legumes for improved fallows - first experiences of agro-pastoralists in subhumid southwest 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.Peters, Michael[The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems]The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems

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.Tarawali, Shirley A.Peters, MichaelSchultze-Kraft, Rainer[Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: Effects of different rotations and varying levels of N fertiliser]Soil mineral N dynamics and maize grain yields following Centrosema macrocarpum and Stylosanthes guianensis: Effects of different rotations and varying levels of N fertiliser

Agriculture in the dry savannas is intensifying in response to increasing populations of humans and livestock. As a result, increased productivity demands are placed upon integrated crop-livestock systems and more emphasis is on the roles of legumes such as cowpea. Cowpea has the potential to fun...


Tarawali, Shirley A.Singh, B.B.Gupta, S.C.Tabo, RamadjitaHarris, F.Nokoe, S.Fernández Rivera, S.Bationo, B. AndréManyong, Victor M.Makinde, K.Odion, E.C.[Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa]Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa

Crop-livestock systems are very important both in terms of area and contribution to people’s livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands. However, a common problem in these systems is low livestock and crop productivity, which is partly caused by water scarcity and environmental degradation. As water ...


Descheemaeker, KatrienHaileslassie, AmareAmede, TilahunBossio, Deborah A.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands]Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands

The introduction and use of herbaceous legumes may contribute to agricultural intensification, especially in the context of sustainable crop and livestock production systems. In the context of evaluating different legume species for these systems in moist savanna zone of West Africa, the present ...


Ewansiha, S.U.Chiezey, U.F.Tarawali, Shirley A.Iwuafor, E.N.O.[Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna]Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna

Sustainable resource management is the critical agricultural research and development challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. The accumulated knowledge on soil management gathered over the last 10 years, combined with solid crop improvement and plant health research at farmers’ level, has brought us to ...


Sanginga, NteranyaDashiell, Kenton E.Diels, J.Vanlauwe, BernardLyasse, O.Carsky, R.J.Tarawali, Shirley A.Asafo-Adjei, B.Menkir, A.Schulz, S.Singh, B.B.Chikoye, D.Keatinge, D.Ortiz, R.[Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.]Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.

Tarawali, Shirley A.Duncan, Alan J.Thorne, Peter J.Valbuena, DiegoDescheemaeker, KatrienHomann-Kee Tui, Sabine[Integrated crop livestock systems: A key to sustainable intensification in Africa]Integrated crop livestock systems: A key to sustainable intensification in Africa

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