Production of livestock and dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa has not kept pace with growing demand. The potential exists to close this gap in a climate-friendly way through the introduction of improved forage varieties of the Brachiaria genus. We assess the potential economic impact of the de...
Gonzáles, Carlos
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Schiek, Benjamin
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Mwendia, Solomon W.
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Prager, Steven D.
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[Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system]
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Improved forages and milk production in East Africa. A case study in the series: Economic foresight for understanding the role of investments in agriculture for the global food system
Session one of this Report highlights ILRAD's research programs and the modelling needs of ILRAD and FAO. Session two deals with vector and helminth population dynamics with partic. ref. to ticks, tsetse and helminth. Parasite transmission and host parasite interaction are discussed in sessions t...
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases
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[Modelling vector-borne and other parasitic diseases. Proceedings of a joint ILRAD/FAO workshop]
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Modelling vector-borne and other parasitic diseases. Proceedings of a joint ILRAD/FAO workshop
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from the food system. Building sustainable food systems has become a predominating endeavor aiming to redirect our food systems and policies towards better-adjusted goals and improved societal welfare. Fo...
Background: Cultivation is the most appropriate management option when both demand and harvesting of wild plant species increase beyond natural production levels. In the current study we made the assumption that, besides the intrinsic biological and ecological characteristics of the species, the ...
N’Danikou, S.
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Achigan-Dako, E.G.
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Tchokponhoue, D.A.
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Agossou, C.O.A.
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Houdegbe, C.A.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Ahanchédé, A.
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[Modelling socioeconomic determinants for cultivation and in-situ conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet (black plum), a wild-harvested economic plant in Benin]
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Modelling socioeconomic determinants for cultivation and in-situ conservation of Vitex doniana Sweet (black plum), a wild-harvested economic plant in Benin
Discusses the historical context of ILCA's research, the principal types of animal production systems and the stages in ILCA's farming systems research. Describes the smallholder farming in the Ethiopian highlands & humid zone, the agropastoralists of the sub-humid zone, systems research in pasto...
Gryseels, Guido
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McIntire, John M.
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Anderson, F.M.
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[Research with a farming systems perspective at ILCA]
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Research with a farming systems perspective at ILCA
Describes possible methods of allocating research resources based on different analytical models. Presents a brief review of models proposed; and some evidence about current agricultural and livestock reserch in sub-Saharan Africa. Also presents emperical tests of which variables might be importa...
McIntire, John M.
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[Allocation of livestock research resources in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Allocation of livestock research resources in sub-Saharan Africa
Describes models of traditional & improved small ruminant production subsystems within humid West African traditional farming systems, analysing costs & returns and factors affecting each. Includes an appendix modelling patterns of development, over time, of the size and structure of a goat floc...
Degen, B.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Vinceti, B.
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[Modelling the biological processes: from genes to ecosystems]
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Modelling the biological processes: from genes to ecosystems
An important debate is currently under way among researchers and policy makers about the relative merits of using organic versus inorganic fertilisers to improve soil fertility in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Environmentalists argue that use of inorganic fertiliser contributes to natura...
Shapiro, Barry I.
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Sanders, J.H.
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[Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 9 . Fertiliser use in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy]
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Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 9 . Fertiliser use in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy
Using a global atmospheric chemistry model, we have quantified for the first time, intercontinental transboundary contributions to crop ozone exposure and subsequent yield reductions in the Northern Hemisphere. We apply four metrics (AOT40, M7, M12, W126) to assess the impacts of 100% reductions ...
Hollaway MJ
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Arnold, S.R.
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Emberson LD
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[Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere]
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Intercontinental trans-boundary contributions to ozone-induced crop yield losses in the Northern Hemisphere