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
The available world collection consisting of 257 accessions of the tropical pasture legume Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth. was assessed between 1993 and 1995 in northern Nigeria to complement existing knowledge on the genetic diversity of this species and to identify accessions with high agron...
Peters, Michael
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Kramer, H.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Characterization of a germplasm collection of the tropical pasture legume Centrosema brasilianum in subhumid west Africa]
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Characterization of a germplasm collection of the tropical pasture legume Centrosema brasilianum in subhumid west Africa
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.
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Singh, B.B.
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Gupta, S.C.
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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Harris, F.
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Nokoe, S.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Bationo, B. André
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Makinde, K.
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Odion, E.C.
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[Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa]
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Cowpea as a key factor for a new approach to integrated crop-livestock systems research in the dry savannas of West Africa
In order to identify options suitable for providing livestock feed in the wetter part of the moist savanna, the DM yield, botanical composition, crude protein, in sacco digestibility and neutral detergent fibre of combinations of 4 herbaceous legumes and 2 grasses were evaluated between June 1994...
Olanite, J.A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Akenova, M.E.
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[Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa]
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Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa
Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn has been identified as a promising forage legume for use in subhumid Nigeria. To establish if other accessions of this species have potential in the region, 21 accessions were evaluated for flowering, seed production, dry matter production, disease and pest inci...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria]
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Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Valbuena, Diego
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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[Integrated crop livestock systems: A key to sustainable intensification in Africa]
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Integrated crop livestock systems: A key to sustainable intensification in Africa
This chapter refers to four technologies involving cover crops and integrated crop-livestock interventions developed under varying social, ecological and production systems, in which farmers and researchers, working in partnership to combine indigenous knowledge and circumstances with research in...
Tarawali, G.
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Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Farmers as co-developers and adopters of green-manure cover crops in West and Central Africa]
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Farmers as co-developers and adopters of green-manure cover crops in West and Central Africa
Hoogenboom, Gerrit
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Rodríguez, G R.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Development of a forage model for livestock production systems in Africa]
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Development of a forage model for livestock production systems in Africa