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Discusses the ecology, germination, temperature, dormancy, water stress, salinity & alkalinity, water requirements, potential yields, feed value, and seed production of local fodder species used in current agricultural practice and of species which have been experimentally tested and subject to s...


Houerou, H.N. le[Resources and potential of the native flora for fodder and sown pasture production in the arid and semi-arid zones of North Africa]Resources and potential of the native flora for fodder and sown pasture production in the arid and semi-arid zones of North Africa
Autor: Wilson, R.T.

Outlines the importance of goats in arid & semi-arid Africa and describes the farming systems in which they are present. Discusses the value of goats in the context of the percentage of families owning them and the numbers of goats per family and in relation to other stock. Examines resource util...


Wilson, R.T.[The integration of goats in the livestock systems of the arid and semi-arid Africa]The integration of goats in the livestock systems of the arid and semi-arid Africa

Reviews the overall objective of ILCA, research areas concentrated and food production in Africa; presents the details of the field programmes grouped in four ecological zones; discusses briefly some aspects of the systems approach, appropriate technology and trypanotolerance.


Nestel, Barry L.[The International Livestock Centre for Africa - Current research and applications]The International Livestock Centre for Africa - Current research and applications
Autor: Sandford, S.

Identifies areas that should be the main concern of policy makers in the Development of water supplies for livestock in dry zones of Africa including productivity & stability, and environmental conservation & equity. Presents issues concerning the number of water sources, their types, who control...


Sandford, S.[The management of water Development for livestock in dry zones of Africa]The management of water Development for livestock in dry zones of Africa
Autor: Swallow, B.M.

This paper considers the economic prospects for reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon storage in the habitable drylands of Africa. Particular attention is paid to the semi-arid and drier sub-humid agro-ecological zones of sub-Saharan Africa. Crop and animal agriculture are the main sour...


Swallow, B.M.[Towards incentive-compatible mechanisms for enhanced carbon storage in the African drylands]Towards incentive-compatible mechanisms for enhanced carbon storage in the African drylands

In this document ILCA proposes a set of six researchable issues pertaining to ILCA's three research areas that need to be investigated (three broad themes). A brief description of the researchable issues is presented. This includes economic and policy measures to improve the management of natural...


Fernández Rivera, S.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Turner, M.Williams, Timothy O.[Ecological and economic linkages between the arid and semi-arid zones: The role of livestock]Ecological and economic linkages between the arid and semi-arid zones: The role of livestock

In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (...


Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Fernández Rivera, S.[Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel]Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel

Turok, J.Dosov, B.Abdurakhmanov, T.Carli, C.Karimov, A.A.Glazirina, M.Junna, M.R.Mavlyanova, R.Mukhamedjanov, S.Sharma, R.C.Toderich, K.Turdieva, M.K.Wegerich, Kai[Integrated research approaches to increase resilience and improve well-being: launching the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems in Central Asia.]Integrated research approaches to increase resilience and improve well-being: launching the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems in Central Asia.

También proporcionaron el mayor número de variedades liberadas para zonas áridas y tropicales, mientras que las poblaciones generadas en CIAT fueron más importantes para las zonas templadas. Entre 1971 y 1990, el periodo promedio entre cruce y liberación varietal aumentó de 7.1 a 13.2 años, espec...


Cuevas Pérez, Federico E.Guimaraes, Elcio PerpétuoMartínez Racines, César Pompilio[Estado actual de las actividades de fitomejoramiento del arroz en América Latina y el Caribe]Estado actual de las actividades de fitomejoramiento del arroz en América Latina y el Caribe

Sharma, N.Rawal, S.Kadian, M.S.Bonierbale, Merideth W.[Performance of advanced potato clones in moisture stress conditions in arid zone of India.]Performance of advanced potato clones in moisture stress conditions in arid zone of India.

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