ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights

This report presents some of the highlights of ILCA's research and training and information programme. The highlight described for the Cattle Milk and Meat Thrust focuses on helping national agricultural research systems (NARS) make better use of their livestock production data. The highlights of bo...

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Autor principal: International Livestock Centre for Africa
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2713
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description This report presents some of the highlights of ILCA's research and training and information programme. The highlight described for the Cattle Milk and Meat Thrust focuses on helping national agricultural research systems (NARS) make better use of their livestock production data. The highlights of both the Small Ruminant Meat and Milk Thrust and the Animal Traction Thrust center on crop-livestock integration, integrating forage legumes into the farming systems of the Sahel and the subhumid zone of West Africa. The traction thrust focuses on ILCA's work in the Ethiopian highlands. The subject of the Animal Feed Resources Thrust highlight is ILCA's long-term investigation of range trends in the Gourma region of Mali. Trypanotolerant cattle are known to be more productive than non-trypanotolerant cattle where there is a risk of contracting trypanosomiasis. The results reported in the Trypanotolerance Thrust highlight demonstrate, for the first time, that this performance advantage extends also to lifetime reproductive performance - a key factor determining the overall productivity of a livestock production system. Two of the themes highlighted in the Livestock Policy Thrust are provision of information to policy makers in Africa's NARS and using socio-economic research to identify target audiences for commodity research. The highlight on ILCA's Training and Information Department features the Centre's comprehensive information services.
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spelling CGSpace27132025-11-05T06:32:05Z ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights International Livestock Centre for Africa research programmes cattle sheep goats animal feeding animal traction trypanotolerance policies training information services meat milk fodder bank socioeconomic aspects This report presents some of the highlights of ILCA's research and training and information programme. The highlight described for the Cattle Milk and Meat Thrust focuses on helping national agricultural research systems (NARS) make better use of their livestock production data. The highlights of both the Small Ruminant Meat and Milk Thrust and the Animal Traction Thrust center on crop-livestock integration, integrating forage legumes into the farming systems of the Sahel and the subhumid zone of West Africa. The traction thrust focuses on ILCA's work in the Ethiopian highlands. The subject of the Animal Feed Resources Thrust highlight is ILCA's long-term investigation of range trends in the Gourma region of Mali. Trypanotolerant cattle are known to be more productive than non-trypanotolerant cattle where there is a risk of contracting trypanosomiasis. The results reported in the Trypanotolerance Thrust highlight demonstrate, for the first time, that this performance advantage extends also to lifetime reproductive performance - a key factor determining the overall productivity of a livestock production system. Two of the themes highlighted in the Livestock Policy Thrust are provision of information to policy makers in Africa's NARS and using socio-economic research to identify target audiences for commodity research. The highlight on ILCA's Training and Information Department features the Centre's comprehensive information services. 1992 2010-12-09T11:07:50Z 2010-12-09T11:07:50Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2713 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle research programmes
cattle
sheep
goats
animal feeding
animal traction
trypanotolerance
policies
training
information services
meat
milk
fodder bank
socioeconomic aspects
International Livestock Centre for Africa
ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title_full ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title_fullStr ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title_full_unstemmed ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title_short ILCA. 1991: annual report and programme highlights
title_sort ilca 1991 annual report and programme highlights
topic research programmes
cattle
sheep
goats
animal feeding
animal traction
trypanotolerance
policies
training
information services
meat
milk
fodder bank
socioeconomic aspects
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2713
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