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A role for small ruminants in sustainable cropping systems in the humid zone of West Africa

Discusses ILCA's research programme on integrating goat & sheep production into alley cropping systems i.e. production of crops between permanent rows of intensively managed trees, and also crop & animal production constraints inherent in the humid zones of West Africa and outlines on-going alley cr...

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Main Authors: Sumberg, J.E., Okali, C., Carew, B.A.R.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1982
Subjects:
humid zones
sheep
goats
farming systems
mixed farming
research
intercropping
oil crops
food crops
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4440
Summary:Discusses ILCA's research programme on integrating goat & sheep production into alley cropping systems i.e. production of crops between permanent rows of intensively managed trees, and also crop & animal production constraints inherent in the humid zones of West Africa and outlines on-going alley cropping trials on cut-and-carry browse feeding or direct grazing of trees during fallow periods.

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