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Alley farming in the humid zone: Linking crop and livestock production

Review of work being carried out by ILCA's Humid Zone Programme based at Ibadan, Nigeria to improve small ruminant production in this area. Evaluates ways of linking crop & small ruminant production through the use of fast growing leguminous trees such as Leucaena leucocephala & Gliricidia sepium wh...

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Main Author: Sumberg, J.E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1984
Subjects:
humid zones
small ruminants
mixed farming
livestock production
legumes
feed crops
mulch
row spacing
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4622
Summary:Review of work being carried out by ILCA's Humid Zone Programme based at Ibadan, Nigeria to improve small ruminant production in this area. Evaluates ways of linking crop & small ruminant production through the use of fast growing leguminous trees such as Leucaena leucocephala & Gliricidia sepium which can provide both high quality fodder & mineral rich mulch for crop production; with particular reference to the cut-and-carry feeding of browse to small ruminants & a partial budget analysis of short-term fallow grazing & continuous cropping.

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