Trypanosomosis, a cattle disease transmitted by the tsetse fly, is a major constraint to increased meat and milk production and rural incomes in mixed crop-livestock systems of more humid areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Trypanosomosis affects roughly 10 million square kilometres in 37 African countr...
Itty, P.
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[Profitability, efficiency and comparative advantage of African cattle meat and milk production: The case of trypanotolerant village cattle production]
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Profitability, efficiency and comparative advantage of African cattle meat and milk production: The case of trypanotolerant village cattle production
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) has conducted innovative research in the upper watersheds of the Ganges, Mekong, Red and Nile river basins. WLE sought to identify how to improve people’s livelihoods in ways that are equitable, profitable and sustainable, while also ...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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[Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions.]
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Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions.
The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) has conducted innovative research in the upper watersheds of the Ganges, Mekong, Red and Nile river basins. WLE sought to identify how to improve people’s livelihoods in ways that are equitable, profitable and sustainable, while also ...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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[Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions]
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Upper river basin watersheds: sustainable, equitable and profitable interventions
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