Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
African Forage Plant Genetic Resources, Evalulation of Forage Germplasm and Extensive Livestock Production Systems
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Maasai Herding
Author: Solomon BekurePublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789290531760
Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Complementarity of Feed Resources for Animal Production in Africa
Author: John E. S. StaresPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789290531999
Category : Animal feeding
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
ILCA Annual Report 1988
Author: International Livestock Centre for AfricaPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Utilization of Research Results on Forage and Agricultural By-product Materials as Animal Feed Resources in Africa
Author: Ben H. DzowelaPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
ILCA Annual Report 1987
Author: International Livestock Centre for AfricaPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry
Author: G. BoonmanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401582246
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.
Livestock System Research Manual
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Fighting Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Multiple Roles of Legumes in Integrated Soil Fertility Management
Author: Andre BationoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400715366
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Legumes play an important role in the cropping systems of sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Legumes are an important source of nutrition to both humans and livestock by providing the much needed protein, minerals, fibre and vitamins. The sale of legumes seed, leaves and fibre generates income for the marginalized communities especially women. Cultivation of legumes is essential for the regeneration of nutrient-deficient soils. By biologically fixing nitrogen (BNF) in the soil, legumes provide a relatively low-cost method of replacing otherwise expensive inorganic nitrogen in the soil. This enhances soil fertility and boosts subsequent cereal crop yields. Production of legumes in SSA is however; hampered by a number of constraints among them low and declining soil fertility, low soil pH, high salinity, drought and flooding, poor access to improved germplasm, diseases, pests and weeds. Farmers need to learn how to overcome these constraints if the full benefits of legumes are to be gained. This book presents a synthesis of research work on legumes and draws attention to the importance of legumes in integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and poverty alleviation in SSA.