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In many African cities urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) plays a major role in creating jobs and contributing to food security. However, many small-scale UPA systems are characterised by excessive nutrient inputs to the livestock unit and poor handling of manure. To assess the impact of impr...


Rodrigue, V.C.Diogo, Rodrigue V. CaoSchlecht, E.Buerkert, AndreasRufino, Mariana C.Wijk, Mark T. van[Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis]Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis

A trial was conducted on 26 male twin lambs to study the effect of creep feeding on lamb development and growth Creep feeding started when the lamb’s average age was 43 days. Lambs were weaned at an average age of 93 days. The creep feed group was fed ad libitum until the age of six months while ...


Galal, E.S.E.Gojam, Y.Wolde-Gabriel, K.[Creep-feeding young lambs]Creep-feeding young lambs

Sweet sorghum-based decentralized crushing and syrup-making units are a major component of sweet sorghum value chains in India. Apart from the main product, syrup, there are several co-products, including grain, bagasse,vinasse, steam, foam and froth. This chapter looks at the state of the art in...


Rao, P.S.Reddy, B.V.S.Reddy, R.C.Blümmel, MichaelKumar, A.A.Rao, P.P.Basavaraj, G.[Utilizing co-products of the sweet sorghum-based biofuel industry as livestock feed in decentralized systems]Utilizing co-products of the sweet sorghum-based biofuel industry as livestock feed in decentralized systems

Thirty Maradi (Red Sokoto) does were divided into three equal groups and followed during the first eight weeks of lactation. Each group was offered one of the following Schizachyrium exile based diets: untreated straw (UNTS), urea-treated straw (UTS), and untreated straw + 400 g of cotton seed (U...


Djibrillou, O.A.Pandey, V.SGouro, S.A.Verhulst, A.[Effect of urea-treated or untreated straw with cotton seed on performances of lactating Maradi (Red Sokoto) goats in Niger]Effect of urea-treated or untreated straw with cotton seed on performances of lactating Maradi (Red Sokoto) goats in Niger
Tangka, F.K.L.Jabbar, M.A.[Implications of feed scarcity for gender roles in ruminant livestock production]Implications of feed scarcity for gender roles in ruminant livestock production

International Livestock Research Institute[Growing food, feed and fodder with less environmental impact: The Indian experience of full purpose crops]Growing food, feed and fodder with less environmental impact: The Indian experience of full purpose crops

This paper analyzed the factors that affect farmers’ willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage for livestock, using a Tobit model. The data used for the empirical analysis was obtained from a survey of 97 farmers in southeastern Tunisia. The results of this study show that variables related ...


Chebil, A.Nasr, H.Zaibet, L.[Factors affecting farmers' willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage crops in south-eastern Tunisia]Factors affecting farmers' willingness to adopt salt-tolerant forage crops in south-eastern Tunisia

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