Smallholder farmers (SF) are the biggest food producers in Tanzania (TZ), where hetero- geneous mixed crop-livestock farming systems dominate agriculture (Fig 1). Feed scarcity and quality are major issues facing smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania.
Climate projections for Tanzania indicate inc...
Mukiri, Jessica
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Prestwidge, Di
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Ash, Andrew J.
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Paul, Birthe
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[Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania]
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Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania
East Africa Dairy Development Project
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[Report of participatory rural appraisal baseline survey of smallholder dairy farmers in Nyangatare, Gatsibo and Rwamagana Districts of Rwanda]
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Report of participatory rural appraisal baseline survey of smallholder dairy farmers in Nyangatare, Gatsibo and Rwamagana Districts of Rwanda
Bahbahani, H.
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Musa H.H.
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Wragg, D.
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Shuiep, E.S.
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Almathen, F.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Genome diversity and signatures of selection for production and performance traits in dromedary camels]
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Genome diversity and signatures of selection for production and performance traits in dromedary camels
This study examined whether work applied at different stages of lactation had any effect on reproduction of cows under two feeding regimes. Twenty-four F1 crossbred dairy cows (12 Friesian X Boran and 12 Simmental X Boran) were allocated one of two diets (H + 3: natural pasture hay + 3 kg concent...
Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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[Effect of work applied at different stages of lactation on milk production, reproduction and live-weight change of F1 crossbred dairy cows used for draught]
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Effect of work applied at different stages of lactation on milk production, reproduction and live-weight change of F1 crossbred dairy cows used for draught
Crossbreeding parameters and variance components were estimated for lactation and reproductive traits of crosses between the Sahiwal, Brown Swiss and Ayrshire breeds in a dairy herd in sub-humid coastal Kenya. An individual animal model was fitted to the data with a fixed effect for 20 distinct b...
Mackinnon, M.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Baker, R.L.
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[Sources of genetic variation for milk production in a crossbred herd in the tropics]
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Sources of genetic variation for milk production in a crossbred herd in the tropics
During a 90-day study in Mali, West Africa, 18 Zebu by Montbeliond calves, age 50 + 23d, weighing 30 + 7 kg, under farmer management, were used to test the profitability of replacing suckled milk by a maize - groundnut cake-rice bran concentrate fed dry. During the first 45d period there were no ...
Ouologuem, B.
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Reese, A.A.
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Traoré, A.
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Debrah, S.K.
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[Profitability of replacing milk with a concentrate for calves of cows requiring calf at foot for milking]
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Profitability of replacing milk with a concentrate for calves of cows requiring calf at foot for milking
In Ethiopia smallholder livestock producers have adopted components of improved dairy technologies but the intensity of adoption remains low. It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase c...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Gebreselassie, N.
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[The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia]
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The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia