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?
Feeding the World in 2050 is a major challenge at the forefront of the global development agenda.
The importance of agriculture in addressing this challenge has re-emerged in recent years as food security issues are considered in a more holistic manner. The role of livestock as part of the soluti...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Grace, Delia
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Sones, Keith R.
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[Feeding the world in 2050: Trade‐offs, synergies and tough choices for the livestock sector]
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Feeding the world in 2050: Trade‐offs, synergies and tough choices for the livestock sector
More than 400 million people in the developing world depend on dryland agriculture for their livelihoods. Dryland agriculture involves a complex combination of productive components: staple crops, vegetables, livestock, trees and fish interacting principally with rangeland, cultivated areas and w...
Ginkel, M. van
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Sinclair, Fergus L.
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Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
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Bossio, Deborah A.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Mourid, M.E.
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Haddad, N.
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Hoisington, D.A.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Velarde, C.L.
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Mares, V.
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Nefzaoui, A.
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Noble, A.D.
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Serraj, R.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Ortiz, R.
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[An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas]
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An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas
This study links participatory research methods, geographic information systems (GIS) techniques, village and household-level surveys, and a tobit analysis to examine the adoption and impact issues related to a new technology, improved varieties of dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC), developed by Interna...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Okike, I.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Singh, B.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria]
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Farmers perceptions of benefits and factors affecting the adoption of improved dualpurpose cowpea in the dry savannas of Nigeria