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To mulch or to munch? Big modelling of big data
African farmers are poorly resourced, highly diverse and aground by poverty traps making them rather impervious
to change. As a consequence R4D efforts usually result in benefits but also trade-offs that constraint ...
Assessing the potential of dual-purpose maize in southern Africa: A multi-level approach
This paper explores the potential and challenges of increasing production of food and feed on existing maize fields in mixed crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. It integrates results from ...
Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Crop residues (CR) have become a limited resource in mixed crop-livestock farms. As a result of the increasing demand and low availability of alternative resources, CR became an essential resource for household activities, ...
INNOVATION PLATFORM: METHOD TO ENGAGE CROP-LIVESTOCK STAKEHOLDERS IN WEST AFRICA
With an objective to understand the process on how can research (ers) in innovation platforms contribute in engaging crop-livestock stakeholders in mixed –farming systems of the semi-arid tropics of West Africa, five ...
Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe
In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming systems in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe, ...
Characterization of the diversity of dairy farming systems and milk marketing strategies around greater Cairo (Egypt)
The aim of this study was to suggest a methodology to characterize the diversity of dairy farming systems in Nile valley lands (NVLs) and newly reclaimed lands (NRLs) in Egypt to understand the traditional dairy sector. ...
Towards Conservation Agriculture in Central Syria: Developmental insights from innovation driven research
In this paper, we report on early outcomes from Conservation Agriculture (CA) benchmark sites located within the marginal rainfed environment of agro-ecological zone 4 (rainfall 200-250 mm) in pre-conflict Central Syria; ...
Comparative analysis of fodder and grain from dual purpose barley vis-a vis local variety in hills of Uttarakhand, India
Central to the challenges of feed scarcity in hills of Uttarakhand India, trials were conducted in two locations for grain and residue yields under different management. Results indicated that BHS380 improved variety of ...
Potential of pearl millet as a forage crop in wheat-based double cropping system in Central Asia
Livestock is a vital resource for smallholder farmers’
livelihoods in Central Asia, but shortage of winter season
fodder is a major constraint to livestock productivity in
this region. Three pearl millet populations ...
Use of sorghum on stepwise substitution of maize in broiler feeds in Niger
With an objective to demonstrate the merits of diets based on locally produced non-tannin sorghums as against maize on total of 240 1-day old broiler chicks. Results indicated that tannin free sorghum had nutritional value ...