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Williams, Timothy O.[Managing water for food and agricultural transformation in Africa: key issues and priorities]Managing water for food and agricultural transformation in Africa: key issues and priorities

Sustained adoption of animal traction for crop cultivation in the semi-arid zone of West Africa has been slow despite deliberate attempts by governments, development agencies and research organisations to promote its use among small-scale farmers. The low adoption rates are partly due to demand a...


Williams, Timothy O.[Problems and prospects in the utilisation of animal traction in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger]Problems and prospects in the utilisation of animal traction in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger

Animal manure is of vital importance to soil-fertility maintenance in semi-arid West Africa due to its intrinsic value as a soil amendment and because of the low level of inorganic fertiliser use. This paper provides a regional overview of manure utilisation for food crop production. Results of e...


Williams, Timothy O.Powell, J.M.Fernández Rivera, S.[Manure utilisation, drought cycles and herd dynamics in the Sahel: implications for cropland productivity]Manure utilisation, drought cycles and herd dynamics in the Sahel: implications for cropland productivity

Livestock pricing policies in many developing countries are often instituted without a good appreciation of the consequences of such policies for allocative efficiency, output, trade and consumption. This paper evaluates, in a comparative cross-country context, the objectives and instruments of l...


Williams, Timothy O.[Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries]Impact of livestock pricing policies on meat and milk output in selected sub-Saharan African countries

The livestock subsector (LSS) has always been an important component of the Nigerian economy. Despite the importance of the sector, growth in livestock output has been slow. In the face of constraints posed by disease and ecological problems, government policies have not been totally successful i...


Williams, Timothy O.[Livestock development in Nigeria: A survey of the policy issues and options]Livestock development in Nigeria: A survey of the policy issues and options

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