Three papers are reviewed in this paper. The first paper presents a model of biological processes to investigate long-term effects of soil and crop long-erm effects of soil and crop management strategies while the other two papers present approaches to study crop production strategies at the ente...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Turner, M.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Response to case studies of eco-regional approaches at the farm/enterprise level]
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Response to case studies of eco-regional approaches at the farm/enterprise level
This paper presents some thoughts on research policies and strategies to support the Development of the livestock sector in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on sub-Saharan Africa. The first section discusses the role of agricultural research in livestock Development and reviews...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Fitzhugh, H.A.
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[Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries]
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Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries
This chapter investigates the options for improving the performance of small ruminants interms of their contribution to household incomes. The characteristics of the existing production system are first sketched in order to identify the resource requirements and constraints of the system. Based o...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Scope for improvement of small ruminant production in the Sahel]
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Scope for improvement of small ruminant production in the Sahel
The Andean region in South America is a wide mountainous area covering approximately 1.4 million sq. km. Most of the estimated population of more than 113 million depend on agriuclture for their livelihood. The majority of the farming systems in the high Andes are mixed crop-livestock systems. Li...
León Velarde, C.U.
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Quiróz, R.
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Zorogastua, P.
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Tapia, M.
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[Sustainability concerns of livestock-based livelihoods in the Andes]
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Sustainability concerns of livestock-based livelihoods in the Andes
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis affects cattle production over approximately 10 million km2 of Africa. In these areas, trypanocidal drugs, both prophylactic and curative, are the most widely used methods of trypanosomosis control. However, resistance of trypanosomes to the 3 trypanocidal drugs ...
McDermott, John J.
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Coleman, P.G.
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Eisler, M.C.
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Peregrine, A.S.
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[The effects of resistance to trypanocidal drugs on trypanosome transmission]
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The effects of resistance to trypanocidal drugs on trypanosome transmission
The paper gives an example of the use of survival analysis to examine time to conception for a breed by nutrition factorial experiment and the relationship between time to conception and body weight. The example is made complicated by confounding between the treatments and the weight of animals a...
Sherington, J.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Use of survival analysis methods with cattle reproductive performance data]
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Use of survival analysis methods with cattle reproductive performance data
For at least five decades, tsetse biologists have observed that the populations of some species of tsetse (particularly species in the morsitans group of flies) decline as fly habitat is converted into cultivated land and host populations are decimated by hunting. Some have even suggested that ts...
Reid, Robin S.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Will human population growth and land-use change control tsetse during our life times?]
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Will human population growth and land-use change control tsetse during our life times?
Gaisberger, H.
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Kindt, Roeland
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Vinceti, B.
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[Analyse spatiale des menaces aux especes d’arbres alimentaires locales prioritaires au Burkina Faso]
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Analyse spatiale des menaces aux especes d’arbres alimentaires locales prioritaires au Burkina Faso
Where VRI is a function of basal roughage quality (nitrogen and fibre (NDF) contents, rumen dry matter degradability), CF basal is the correction factor for other attributes of the roughage (cropping and processing methods and forms of offer), CF sup is the correction factor for supplement attrib...
Nsahlai, I.V.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Osuji, P.O.
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[An empirical model for predicting voluntary intake of forage-legume-supplemented roughages by cattle]
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An empirical model for predicting voluntary intake of forage-legume-supplemented roughages by cattle
This study describes the existing credit policies and programs in South Vietnam that are related to smallholder livestock production and Development; evaluates the implementation of current credit delivery systems and their impacts on farmers, focusing on implications for technology adoption by s...
Ho Cao Viet
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Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Aragón, C.
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[Credit access by smallholder livestock producers and implications for technology adoption: Policy options for improving the credit delivery system in South Vietnam.]
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Credit access by smallholder livestock producers and implications for technology adoption: Policy options for improving the credit delivery system in South Vietnam.