Crop and livestock subsystems in the Ethiopian highlands interact with each other in many wasy. The livestock subsystem has output, input, asset, and security and investment functions in the farming system. Animal traction and crop residues are the prominent binding elements of the crop and lives...
Asamenew, G.
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Zerbini, E.
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Tedla, A.
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[Crop-livestock interactions and implications for animal traction research in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Crop-livestock interactions and implications for animal traction research in the Ethiopian highlands
Since 1986 the Joint Vertisol Project (JVP) which involved a number of national and international research and Development institutions in Ethiopia gave high priority to developing alternative management practices for increased and sustainable food and feed production in highland vertisols. The J...
Tedla, A.
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Asamenew, G.
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[Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Food and feed production strategies for Vertisols in the Ethiopian highlands
Out of 6.5 million tons of crop residues produced each year in Ethiopia, over a million tons of straw comes from barley. There is substantial under utilization of barley straw as animal feed. The major constraints on the use of barley straw as animal feed are low nutrient content, low voluntary i...
Getachew, G.
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Tedla, A.
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Bediye, S.
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Sebsibe, A.
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Tsegahun, A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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[Improvement and utilization of barley straw]
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Improvement and utilization of barley straw
The dry matter production of 9 herbaceous legume species was evaluated over 3 years for their suitability as forage species in the subhumid regions of Uganda. Dry matter production of Centrosema pascuorum (6774), Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Wynn), Clitoria ternatea (9291), Macroptilium atropurpure...
Lusembo, P.
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Ebong, Cyprian
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Sabiiti, E.N.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Tedla, A.
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Ndikumana, J.
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[Dry and wet season performance of selected herbaceous legumes in Uganda]
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Dry and wet season performance of selected herbaceous legumes in Uganda