Intensification of land-use is inevitable for long term food security in the east African highlands, but technological options need to be environmentally safe. How forages can be used as a basis for intensified grain and fodder production from the same land unit, and serve as a profitable fallow ...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Berhe, Kahsay
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[Forage based fallow management strategies for intensified land use and resource conservation in small holder farms]
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Forage based fallow management strategies for intensified land use and resource conservation in small holder farms
The main objective of ILRI's Sustainable Production Systems Programme is to improve human welfare through the development of more productive and Sustainable crop-livestock sytems in developing countries. The programmes' focus is on market-oriented smallholder crop-livestock systems. In order to i...
Li Pun, H.H.
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[Sustainable production systems programme: current activities and future opportunities]
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Sustainable production systems programme: current activities and future opportunities
The livestock revolution is occurring but it is being preceded by the feed revolution because of the substantial mount of feed required to supply by the increased animal population. However, the opportunities to meet the demand for feed depend on the existing production systems. This paper looks ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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Devendra, C.
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[Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries]
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Meeting the demand for livestock feeds in developing countries
A field trial with smallholder dairy farmers in central Kenya was carried out to study the feasibility of reallocating concentrates as a means of increasing the profitability of milk production. Researchers designed the trial with extension officers, dairy co-operative and feed company staff to ...
Romney, D.L.
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Kaitho, R.
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Biwott, J.
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Wambugu, M.
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Chege, L.
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Omore, Amos O.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Wanjohi, P.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Technology development and field testing: access to credit to allow smallholder dairy farmers in central Kenya to reallocate concentrates during lactation]
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Technology development and field testing: access to credit to allow smallholder dairy farmers in central Kenya to reallocate concentrates during lactation
Anunda, F.O.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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Ouma, R.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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[A study of smallholder farmers’ choice of dairy cattle traits and genotypes in Kirinyaga, Rachuonyo and Nakuru districts of Kenya]
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A study of smallholder farmers’ choice of dairy cattle traits and genotypes in Kirinyaga, Rachuonyo and Nakuru districts of Kenya
Ethiopian needs to achieve accelerated agricultural development along a sustainable commercialization path to alleviate poverty and ensure overall national development. In this regard, sustainable commercial of smallholder dairying provides a viable and growing opportunity; with deliberate, appro...
Lemma, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems]
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Moving Ethiopian smallholder dairy along a sustainable commercialization path: missing links in the innovation systems
In much of rural Africa, livestock represent one of the major individual stores of material wealth. The way in which this wealth is perceived and used will have an important effect on the prospects for sustained agricultural Development and resource management. The study of the changing socio-eco...
Turner, M.
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[Changing uses of wealth stores by rural smallholders: Description of an approach used for longitudinal analysis of livestock transactions in the Sahel]
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Changing uses of wealth stores by rural smallholders: Description of an approach used for longitudinal analysis of livestock transactions in the Sahel
Graduate programs in agriculture and allied disciplines in Ethiopia are expected to make concrete contribution to market-oriented development of smallholder agriculture. This, among others, calls for realignment and engagement of the programs with smallholder farmers and, value chain, R&D and pol...