Research agenda for ILCA's Kenya programme, including details of objectives, programme of work, time schedule, data evaluation procedures and expected benefits for each research component to improve livestock productivity of pastoralists and systems research to improve mixed farming systems, both...
Bekure, S.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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Pasha, I.K.O.
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Tessema, S.
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Woie, B.M.
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Maranga, E.K.
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Shaabani, S.B.
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[Proposed research programme and research protocols for 1986-1989]
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Proposed research programme and research protocols for 1986-1989
Discusses the utilization of crop residues, industrial by-products, cereal straws and crop discards routinely fed to livestock in tropical African countries, w. data on their chemical composition and nutritive value.
Branckaert, R.
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Tessema, S.
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Temple, R.S.
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[The use of local by-products for formulating diets in tropical African countries]
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The use of local by-products for formulating diets in tropical African countries
Tessema, S.
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Emojong, E.E.
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Maluti, M.
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Leeuw, P.N. de
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[A strategy of livestock research adapted to semi-arid small-scale mixed farming system - The Katumani experience]
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A strategy of livestock research adapted to semi-arid small-scale mixed farming system - The Katumani experience
Assesses the nutritive value of prevailing herbage in the dry tropics of Africa, outlining herbage palatability, intake, digestibility, chemical composition as well as mineral & energy potentials; discusses the effect of the parameters on the performance of grazing animals.
The milk production of five zebu cattle from south-western Ethiopia was estimated. Calves were weighed before and after suckling three times a day, seven days each week. Average daily production for a 14-week period was 11.14, 9.39, 8.11 and 7.37 lb. of milk. Daily gains for calves of these cows ...
Glen, J.C.
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Tessema, S.
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Mziray, P
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Holland, L.
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[Preliminary observations on the milk production of Boran type cattle in Ethiopia]
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Preliminary observations on the milk production of Boran type cattle in Ethiopia