Reviews work on rumen bacteria that appears to solve the problem of mimosine-DHP toxicity, which currently prevents feeding of the tree foliage of Leucaena Leucocephala in large quantities for ruminant livestock.
Two greenhouse experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of phosphorus application and Rhizobium inoculation on the growth and nitrogen fixation of three tree legume species on a highland vertisol. The first experiment involved Sesbania sesban and S. goetzei, the second Leucaena panicu...
Luyindula, N.
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Haque, I.
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[Effect of Rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus on growth and nitrogen fixation in tree legumes grown on highland vertisols]
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Effect of Rhizobium inoculation and phosphorus on growth and nitrogen fixation in tree legumes grown on highland vertisols
Presents and discusses a strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics. Discusses the approaches taken by ILCA which includes alley farming and presents the results of the study.
Reynolds, L.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Francis, P.A.
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[A strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics]
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A strategy for improving goat productivity under village production systems in the humid tropics
The effects of leucaena hedgerows, mulching with leucaena foliage (0.50 and 100 percent of harvested foliage), cowpea intercropping and addition of dairy cattle slurry (55 t ha-1 per maize crop) on the yield of maize from a sandy soil were assessed. The four-year results from five maize crops are...
Mureithi, J.G.
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Tayler, R.S.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya]
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The effects of alley cropping with Leucaena leucocephala and of different management practices on the productivity of maize and soil chemical properties in lowland coastal Kenya
Inadequate supply of fodder is a serious constraint to the potentially-promising smallholder-dairy production system in coastal Kenya. Alley farming could be an approach to addressing this problem. A study of forage production based on Napier grass and leucaena in an alley cropping system was con...
Mureithi, J.G.
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Taylor, R.S.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Productivity of alley farming with leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala Lam. de Wit) and Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum K. Schum) in coastal lowland Kenya]
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Productivity of alley farming with leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala Lam. de Wit) and Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum K. Schum) in coastal lowland Kenya
A study was conducted at Fasola in southwest Nigeria to determine the best tree cutting scheme for forage production and the effects of hedge configurations on tree, grass and total forage productivity of 6-8 year-old leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala Lam. de Wit) and gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium ...
Ezenwa, I.
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Reynolds, L.
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Akenova, M.E.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Cutting management of alley cropped leucaena/gliricidia - guinea grass mixtures for forage production in southwestern Nigeria]
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Cutting management of alley cropped leucaena/gliricidia - guinea grass mixtures for forage production in southwestern Nigeria
The cafteria technique using three-year-old West African Dwarf sheep was used to determine relative palatability differences within 28 provenances of Gliricidia sepium collected from west African and central America. Leucaena leucocephala and Guazuma ulmifolia were included as controls. Significa...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Osakwe, I.I.
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Lambourne, J.W.
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[Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances]
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Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances
A study conducted to determine the effect of inter-site variation in soil fertility on plant growth as well as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of leucaena and gliricidia.
Cobbina, J.
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Kang, B.T.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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[Effect of soil fertility on early growth of leucaena and gliricidia in alley farms]
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Effect of soil fertility on early growth of leucaena and gliricidia in alley farms
An experiment was conducted with Friesian X Zebu (Boran) crossbred growing steers to compare an agro-industrial by-product, wheat middling cowpea hay, and wilted forages of leucaena and tagasaste as cattle feed. These feeds were fed daily to supplement the basal diet of native hay. A mineral supp...
Varvikko, T.
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Khalili, H.
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Crosse, S.
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[Supplementation of native grass hay with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) hay, wilted leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) forage, wilted tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) forage or a wheat middling for young Friesian X Zebu (Boran) crossbred steers]
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Supplementation of native grass hay with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) hay, wilted leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) forage, wilted tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) forage or a wheat middling for young Friesian X Zebu (Boran) crossbred steers
Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Orok, E.J.
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Idiong, N.B.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Alchornea cordifolia, a promising indigenous browse species adapted to acid soils in southeastern Nigeria for integrated crop-livestock agroforestry production systems]
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Alchornea cordifolia, a promising indigenous browse species adapted to acid soils in southeastern Nigeria for integrated crop-livestock agroforestry production systems