Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa

Cowpea is important for the provision of both grain for food and fodder for livestock but there is often a trade-off between production of the two. To better understand influences on grain and fodder production, and how these may be utilized. Research was conducted at 5 locations in West Africa usin...

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Autores principales: Tarawali, Shirley A., Singh, B.B., Fernández Rivera, S., Peters, Michael, Smith, Jimmy W., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer, Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Grassland Society 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50904
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author Tarawali, Shirley A.
Singh, B.B.
Fernández Rivera, S.
Peters, Michael
Smith, Jimmy W.
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
author_browse Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
Fernández Rivera, S.
Peters, Michael
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
Singh, B.B.
Smith, Jimmy W.
Tarawali, Shirley A.
author_facet Tarawali, Shirley A.
Singh, B.B.
Fernández Rivera, S.
Peters, Michael
Smith, Jimmy W.
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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description Cowpea is important for the provision of both grain for food and fodder for livestock but there is often a trade-off between production of the two. To better understand influences on grain and fodder production, and how these may be utilized. Research was conducted at 5 locations in West Africa using 12 cowpea varieties, with and without insecticide spray. Spraying had a dramatic effect on grain production, but less so for fodder, however there was an effect of spraying on fodder quality in terms of in sacco digestibility at Niamey. Accessions with the potential to produce grain and fodder with good quality were identified (IT89KD-391 and TVU 12349) and studies are continuing to optimise the contribution of such material to local production systems.
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spelling CGSpace509042016-05-30T17:53:15Z Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa Tarawali, Shirley A. Singh, B.B. Fernández Rivera, S. Peters, Michael Smith, Jimmy W. Schultze-Kraft, Rainer Ajeigbe, Hakeem A. mixed farming livestock crops cowpeas feed production food production Cowpea is important for the provision of both grain for food and fodder for livestock but there is often a trade-off between production of the two. To better understand influences on grain and fodder production, and how these may be utilized. Research was conducted at 5 locations in West Africa using 12 cowpea varieties, with and without insecticide spray. Spraying had a dramatic effect on grain production, but less so for fodder, however there was an effect of spraying on fodder quality in terms of in sacco digestibility at Niamey. Accessions with the potential to produce grain and fodder with good quality were identified (IT89KD-391 and TVU 12349) and studies are continuing to optimise the contribution of such material to local production systems. 1997 2014-10-31T06:21:48Z 2014-10-31T06:21:48Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50904 en Limited Access International Grassland Society
spellingShingle mixed farming
livestock
crops
cowpeas
feed production
food production
Tarawali, Shirley A.
Singh, B.B.
Fernández Rivera, S.
Peters, Michael
Smith, Jimmy W.
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title_full Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title_fullStr Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title_short Optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop-livestock systems in West Africa
title_sort optimizing the contribution of cowpea to food and fodder production in crop livestock systems in west africa
topic mixed farming
livestock
crops
cowpeas
feed production
food production
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50904
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