Resultados de búsqueda - "West Africa"

The role of locus of control and restrictive norms on farmers’ willingness to pay for climate information services in Senegal, West Africa por Muriithi, Cyrus, Ouedraogo, Issa, Mwangi, Obadiah

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Conservation of soil organic carbon, biodiversity and the provision of other ecosystem services along climatic gradients in West Africa por Marks, E., Aflakpui, G.K.S., Nkem, J., Poch, R.M., Khouma, M., Kokou, K., Sagoe, R., Sebasti`a, M.T.

“…Terrestrial carbon resources are major drivers of development in West Africa. The distribution of these resources co-varies with ecosystem type and rainfall along a strong Northeast-Southwest climatic gradient. …”
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Balancing Livestock Needs and Soil Conservation: Assessment of Opportunities in Intensifying Cereal-Legume-Livestock Systems in West Africa por Abdoulaye, Tahirou

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Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Estimate of livestock demographic parameters in Senegal por Ejlertsen, M., Poole, Elizabeth J., Marshall, Karen

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Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Estimates of livestock demographic parameters in Mali por Ejlertsen, M., Poole, Elizabeth J., Marshall, Karen

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Report of the Africa RISING West Africa: Review and planning meeting, Tamale, Ghana, 23-25 October 2012 por Stevenson, S.

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Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Estimate of livestock demographic parameters in Guinea por Marshall, Karen, Ejlertsen, M., Poole, Elizabeth J.

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The sustainability of rangeland to cropland nutrient transfer in semi-arid West Africa: ecological and social dimensions neglected in the debate por Turner, M.

“…The integration of crops and livestock has often been cited as a model for agricultural development in semi-arid West Africa. Recent formulations treat the adoption of more intensive forms of manuring as a critical step in agricultural development. …”
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Studies on multipurpose fodder trees and shrubs in West Africa: Variation in determinants of forage quality in Albizia and Paraserianthes species por Larbi, Asamoah, Smith, Jimmy W., Adekunle, I.O., Kurdi, I.O.

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Nigeria and West Africa: Fodder banks. Dry-season feed supplementation for traditionally managed cattle in the subhumid zone por Mohamed-Saleem, M.A., Suleiman, H.

“…Presents results of trials conducted by ILCAs' subhumid zone team on dry-season feed supplementation for traditionally managed cattle in the subhumid zone of West Africa. Discusses fodder bank development for pastoralists, constraints to fodder bank development, pastoralists' adoption and perception of fodder banks, and long term prospects for fodder banks. …”
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Manure availability in relation to sustainable food crop production in semi-arid West Africa: Evidence from Niger por Williams, Timothy O., Powell, J.M., Fernández Rivera, S.

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Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa por Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

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Decomposition of and nutrient release from ruminant manure on acid sandy soils in the Sahelian zone of Niger, West Africa por Esse, P.C., Buerkert, Andreas, Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y., Assa, A.

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Livelihood strategies in endemic livestock production systems in sub-humid zone of West Africa: Trends, tradeoffs and implications por Zaibet, L., Traoré, S., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Marshall, Karen, Johnson, Nancy L., Siegmund-Schultze, M.

“…Rural livelihoods in West Africa depend largely on livestock. The sub-humid and humid zones of the region, however, are highly affected by the tsetse flies, vector of trypanosomosis, by severely limiting livestock production and livelihood options. …”
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Institutional and financial considerations for self-managed irrigated agriculture in West Africa: examples from Burkina Faso and Niger por Sally, Hilmy

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Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa por Peters, Michael, Tarawali, Shirley A., Schultze-Kraft, Rainer

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Improving the productivity of crop-livestock systems under trypanosomosis risk in West Africa: Potentials and opportunities in the next decade por Kamuanga, M., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Tano, K., Mugalla, C., Pokou, K., Swallow, B.M.

“…The subhumid and semi-arid zones of West Africa are one of the subregions reputed to hold Africa's greatest potential for expansion of animal agriculture. …”
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Research for development of animal traction in West Africa. Proceedings of the fourth workshop of the West African Animal Traction Network por Lawrence, P.R., Lawrence, K., Dijkman, J.T., Starkey, P.H.

“…The fourth section looks into harnessing and implements used in the different regions of West Africa. The management and nutrition of working animals is discussed in the fifth and sixth sections. …”
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Livestock Policy Analysis Brief no. 9 . Fertiliser use in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability and supporting policy por Shapiro, Barry I., Sanders, J.H.

“…This debate has important implications for agricultural intensification and sustainable development in the Sudanian and Sahelo-Sudanian agro-ecological zones of semi-arid West Africa. This paper assesses the profitability of using inorganic fertiliser and constraints posed on its use in the semi-arid farming systems of West Africa. …”
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Feed value of multipurpose tree and shrub fodders selected for development of agroforestry technologies in the humid lowlands of West Africa por Larbi, Asamoah, Smith, Jimmy W., Ladipo, D.O.

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