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Journal Article 1993

Autor: Williams, Timothy O.

This paper evaluates in a comparative cross-country context, the objectives and instruments of livestock pricing policy in five sub-Saharan African Countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan and Zimbabwe during the period 1970-86. It assesses the extent to which pricing policy objectives have...

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries] ,  Livestock pricing policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Objectives, instruments and impact in five countries
Journal Article 1994

Autor: Williams, Timothy O.

Classification constitutes an essential step in any realistic evaluation of the constraints and opportunities that exist within a farming system. In this study, cluster analysis was used to classify crop-livestock producers in three villages in western Niger into recommendation domains using a co...

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Identifying target groups for livestock improvement research: the classification of sedentary livestock producers in western Niger] ,  Identifying target groups for livestock improvement research: the classification of sedentary livestock producers in western Niger
Journal Article 2020-01-29

Autor: Erkossa, Teklu Geleti, D. Williams, Timothy O. Laekemariam, F. Haileslassie, Amare

Degradation of crop and grazing lands is a pervasive problem that negatively impacts agricultural productivity and livelihoods of crop-livestock farmers in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Area enclosure together with a cut and carry livestock feeding system is often advocated as an approach for ...

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Erkossa, Teklu ,  Geleti, D. ,  Williams, Timothy O. ,  Laekemariam, F. ,  Haileslassie, Amare ,  [Restoration of grazing land to increase biomass production and improve soil properties in the Blue Nile Basin: effects of infiltration trenches and Chloris gayana reseeding] ,  Restoration of grazing land to increase biomass production and improve soil properties in the Blue Nile Basin: effects of infiltration trenches and Chloris gayana reseeding
Journal Article 1995

Autor: Williams, Timothy O. Powell, J.M. Fernández Rivera, S.

Animal manure is of vital importance in maintaining soil fertility in semiarid west Africa due to the low level of use of inorganic fertilizer. Using data from Niger however, it is shown that insufficient animals are available to provide the manure needed to sustain crop yields on a long-term bas...

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  Powell, J.M. ,  Fernández Rivera, S. ,  [Soil fertility maintenance and food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Is reliance on manure a sustainable strategy?] ,  Soil fertility maintenance and food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Is reliance on manure a sustainable strategy?
Journal Article 1995

Autor: Williams, Timothy O. Powell, J.M. Fernández Rivera, S.

Despite its vital role in supporting crop production, a key question that has often been posed is whether sufficient amounts of manure are available to permit adequate food production and improvement of soil quality on a long-term basis. While this question can be addressed at a regional, nationa...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/29547

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  Powell, J.M. ,  Fernández Rivera, S. ,  [Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger] ,  Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger
Journal Article 1997

Autor: Williams, Timothy O.

The use of animal draft power for soil tillage has long been a major theme of agricultural development programmes in semi-arid West Africa. The rationale for animal traction utilization ranges from increasing agricultural productivity and income to relieving the drudgery in farm work. Yet, its ad...

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Problems and prospects in the utilization of animal traction in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger] ,  Problems and prospects in the utilization of animal traction in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger
Journal Article 2006-09-15

Autor: Manyong, Victor M. Okike, I. Williams, Timothy O.

Crop-livestock integration (CLI) to improve natural resource management for increased productivity is evolving in Nigeria and West Africa. Processes in the evolution and factors that influence it still need to be well understood. This article proposes and tests a new framework for measuring the m...

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Manyong, Victor M. ,  Okike, I. ,  Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Effective dimensionality and factors affecting crop-livestock integration in West African savannas: a combination of principal component analysis and Tobit approaches] ,  Effective dimensionality and factors affecting crop-livestock integration in West African savannas: a combination of principal component analysis and Tobit approaches
Journal Article 1999

Autor: Williams, Timothy O.

Animal manure is one of the principal sources of nutrients for soil fertility maintenance and crop production in semi-arid west Africa. Farm-level decisions concerning the use of manure are governed by socioeconomic and institutional factors, as much as they are by agronomic ecological concerns. ...

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Factors influencing manure application by farmers in semi-arid West Africa] ,  Factors influencing manure application by farmers in semi-arid West Africa
Journal Article 2012

Autor: Williams, Timothy O. Gyampoh, B. Kizito, Fred Namara, Regassa E.

This paper examines the water dimensions of recent large-scale land acquisitions for biofuel production in the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and Northern regions of Ghana. Using secondary sources of data complemented by individual and group interviews, the paper reveals an almost universal lack of conside...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/34589

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Williams, Timothy O. ,  Gyampoh, B. ,  Kizito, Fred ,  Namara, Regassa E. ,  [Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana.] ,  Water implications of large-scale land acquisitions in Ghana.
Journal Article 2002

Autor: Turner, M.D. Williams, Timothy O.

As institutions that facilitate the conversion of livestock to grain and adjust livestock populations to local forage availabilities, livestock markets play important economic and ecological roles in dryland Africa. Using a comprehensive database of 1,580 sales of livestock owned by members of 54...

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Turner, M.D. ,  Williams, Timothy O. ,  [Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel] ,  Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel

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