Stylosanthes species have featured prominantly in the forage evaluation program at Kaduna in the subhumid zone of Nigeria. This paper describes the evaluation of an Australian collection of 163 S. hamata accessions using small plot observations, agronomic trials, and assessment of the effects of ...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Evaluation of Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. accessions for livestock and crop enterprises in subhumid Nigeria]
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Evaluation of Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. accessions for livestock and crop enterprises in subhumid Nigeria
Integrated natural resource management (INRM) is considered in the context of evolving crop-livestock systems in West Africa and recent Developments in approaches for INRM research. The major crop-livestock systems, ranging from extensive grazing,
through integrated crop-livestock farming to inte...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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Powell, J.M.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Lyasse, O.
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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[Integrated natural resource management in West African crop-livestock systems]
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Integrated natural resource management in West African crop-livestock systems
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands: Project Design Workshop - Project outline and concepts]
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Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands: Project Design Workshop - Project outline and concepts
Ensuring that farming in the moist savannas of Africa is maintained, despite increasing population pressure and agricultural demands, necessitates the sustainable integration of crop and livestock enterprises; a role that forage legumes can fulfill. The potential of eleven herbaceous and two shru...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Merkel, U.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Berner, D.
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[Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa]
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Multiple uses of tropical forage legumes for sustainable farming in the moist savannas of Africa
Cowpea is important for the provision of both grain for food and fodder for livestock but there is often a trade-off between production of the two. To better understand influences on grain and fodder production, and how these may be utilized. Research was conducted at 5 locations in West Africa u...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Singh, B.B.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Peters, Michael
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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[Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa]
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Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
In response to on-going agricultural intensification, crop-livestock systems are becoming more important in West African farming systems. The role of livestock in providing stability to such systems, particularly through their interaction with the soil environment is unquestionable. Worldwide, th...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Bationo, B. André
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[The contribution of livestock to soil fertility]
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The contribution of livestock to soil fertility
A classification of the major ruminant livestock production systems in West Africa is proposed. The proposed typology has two major classes of systems-sole livestock and crop-livestock. The sole livestock class has two systems (rangeland-based and landless) and the crop-livestock class has three ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Okike, I.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa]
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Classification and description of the major farming systems incorporating ruminant livestock in West Africa
Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market orientation and strong and growing demand for food provide powerful incentives for sustainable intensification of both crop and livestock enter...
Duncan, Alan J.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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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