Demand for livestock products has been increasing through much of the semi-arid
tropics and will likely continue to increase along with the use of purchased feedstuffs. As
smallholder livestock systems evolve and become more market oriented, the type of diets
fed to livestock may change and the i...
Grings, Elaine E.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Musa, A.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Hearne, S.
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Boukar, O.
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[Cowpea in evolving livestock systems]
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Cowpea in evolving livestock systems
Okike, I.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Singh B.B
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Kruska, R.L.
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Manyong, Victor M.
,
[An evaluation of potential adoption and diffusion of improved cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: A combination of participatory and structured approaches]
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An evaluation of potential adoption and diffusion of improved cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria: A combination of participatory and structured approaches
Mixed crop livestock systems provide the majority of the cereal and livestock domestic products for households in developing countries. We explore the question of whether such systems can respond to increasing demands for livestock products without compromising future livelihoods of the poor or t...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Grings, Elaine E.
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Blümmel, Michael
,
[Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach]
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Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach
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.
,
[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
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Peters, Michael
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Muhr, L.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Tarawali, G.
,
[Optimising land productivity in crop-livestock systems by integrating legumes in the lowland moist savannas of West Africa. Abstract]
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Optimising land productivity in crop-livestock systems by integrating legumes in the lowland moist savannas of West Africa. Abstract
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
,
Smith, Jimmy W.
,
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
,
Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
,
[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
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.
,
Manyong, Victor M.
,
Williams, Timothy O.
,
Kruska, R.L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
,
[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