The research and development community faces the challenge of sustaining crop productivity gains, improving rural livelihoods and securing environmental sustainability in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). This calls for a better understanding of farming systems and of rural livelihoods, particularl...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Singh, J.
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Varma, A.
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[ILRI Research Report. no. 13]
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[Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India]
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Crop-livestock interactions and livelihoods in the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India
The role of livestock in nitrogen cycling in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa was explored. Cattle were fed a range of diets to investigate the effects on partitioning of nitrogen between urine and faeces and on the chemical composition of the manures produced. The trade...
Delve, Robert J.
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Cadisch, Georg
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Tanner, J.C.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa]
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Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa
This paper outlines selected activities of the smallholder dairy research and development (R & D) programme of the consortium of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners. Specific attention is given to activities in and for Asia. Examples are given to illustrate the ...
Thorpe, W.R.
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[Markets, technologies and smallholder dairy: partnerships for research-based development]
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Markets, technologies and smallholder dairy: partnerships for research-based development
Rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) have long exemplified South Asia’s agricultural transformation through the Green Revolution. The same systems now also typify the post-Green Revolution stagnation and equity challenges, despite receiving considerable attention from the research...
Erenstein, Olaf
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India]
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Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India