Forty pregnant F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) were stratified in a 2x2 diet X work factorial experiment (not working-not supplemented, NWNS; not working-supplemented, NWS; working-not supplemented, WNS; and working-supplemented, WS). Working cows pulled sle...
Gemeda, T.
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Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity
Many semiarid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing vast increases in human population pressure and urbanization. These augment the demand for agricultural products and have led to the expansion, intensification, and often closer integration of crop and livestock production systems...
Powell, J.M.
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Pearson, R.A.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Crop-livestock interactions in the West African drylands]
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Crop-livestock interactions in the West African drylands
For societies that depend on agriculture, the process of meeting current or future welfare demands should not continue without regard to the potential long-term dangers of land resource over-use. With an increasing human and animal population in the Ethiopian highlands development efforts so far ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Fragile East African highlands: A development vision for smallholder farmers in the Ethiopian highlands
Inputs and outputs of traditional Horro cattle farming were monitored during the year 2001 in Boji District, West Wellega, located in the highlands of western Ethiopia. Inputs such as feeding and veterinary care were low. Milk and butter production, calf growth and animal work were also monitored...
Laval, G.
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Workalemahu, A.
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[Traditional Horro cattle production in Boji District, West Wellega (Ethiopia)]
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Traditional Horro cattle production in Boji District, West Wellega (Ethiopia)
African animal trypanosomosis is a parasitic disease that afflicts livestock across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The disease, primarily transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), causes morbidity and mortality in several species of livestock. It is particularly important in southern Burkina Fa...
Kamuanga, M.
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Antoine, C.
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Brasselle, A.S.
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Swallow, B.M.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Bauer, B.
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[Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso]
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Impacts of tsetse control on migration, livestock production, cropping practices and farmer-herder conflicts in the Mouhoun valley of southern Burkina Faso
With a limited number of cash cropping areas, sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest level of mechanization including animal-driven implements and use of tractors. In this paper previous research is reviewed to evaluate the economic and ecological constraints to animal draft cultivation. Results of pa...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Polson, R.
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[A review of the economic and ecological constraints on animal draft cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa]
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A review of the economic and ecological constraints on animal draft cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa
Animal traction has been an integral part of most agricultural systems in Ethiopia for thousands of years. There is evidence that cattle were first used for ploughing in the latter part of the third millennium BC (Goe and Astatke, 1989). Today, the traditional cattle economy is directed mainly to...
Astatke, A.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Draught animal power for land-use intensification in the Ethiopian highlands
The design and development of a reversible animal-drawn plough and a ridger is presented. The plough was developed on the basis of laboratory experiments reported earlier to determine optimum parameters for acurved implement. The basic design principles of conventional mouldboard ploughs and an a...
Gebresenbet, G.
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Zerbini, E.
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Astatke, A.
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Kaumbutho, P.
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[Optimization of animal drawn tillage implement systems: Part 2, Development of a reversible plough and a ridger]
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Optimization of animal drawn tillage implement systems: Part 2, Development of a reversible plough and a ridger
Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) in a 2x2 factorial arrangement (not working-not supplemented, NWNS, not working-supplemented, NWS, working-not supplemented, WNS and working-supplemented, WS) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementatio...
Zerbini, E.
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Gemeda, T.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Nokoe, S.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites
Wangui, Elizabeth Edna
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Okello, O.O.
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Gardiner, A.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Baya, M.S.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Land-use change after tsetse control in Kanyati communal land, northwestern Zimbabwe. Poster]
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Land-use change after tsetse control in Kanyati communal land, northwestern Zimbabwe. Poster