Author : International Livestock Centre for Africa
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9789290530800
Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Cover crops
ISBN : 088936852X
Cover Crops in West Africa Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309164540
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.
Author : E. Elbasha
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9291460494
Description of the technology; Methods for estimating social returns; Data and sources; Adoption rates and patterns; Application of the economic surphus model to estimate impact.
Author : John R Lazier
Publisher : CABI
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1780646283
The development of legume use in agricultural production in the tropics lags far behind the temperate areas and extensive research over recent decades has aimed to rectify the lack of available leguminous fodder species available for heavy clay soils. This book draws together that research and explores the importance of heavy clay soils to agricultural productivity in the tropics and subtropics and the identification of adapted, productive forage legumes for these environments. Providing an invaluable example of how a global search for adapted and productive forage germplasm has been - and can be - undertaken, and allowing access to a significant body of knowledge that was acquired before the digitalization of reports, this book will be a key resource for new scientists and experienced researchers in the areas of agriculture and forage agronomy.
Author : International Livestock Research Institute
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
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Author : S. A. Tarawali
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 14,64 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Results of a three-year research project conducted in the subhumid region of Nigeria are presented. In order to promote the use of forage legumes for sustainable agriculture, a number of research aspects were addressed including screening collections of the promising pasture legumes Centrosema brasilianum and Aeschynomene histrix and small-scale collection of herbaceous forage species in northern Nigeria. Studies to optimise the utilisation of selected forage legumes included the use of material in combination with grasses for calf supplementation and combining selected legumes to give stable, year-round pastures. Considering the importance of integrating crop and livestock production, studies were also carried out to investigate the potential of selected forage legumes to contribute to both fodder and crop production. Forage seed production and collaboration with national and international institutes in West Africa have also featured.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251044278
The purpose of the workshop was to promote Land Resources Information Systems (LRIS) and their application in the assessment, mapping and monitoring of land in relation to food security in the South African Development Community (SADC) countries. The workshop reviewed advances made both within and outside SADC. Experiences were discussed and a plan of action prepared to promote future reporting and exchange of information, data expertise and experiences in land information using technical cooperation among developing countries
Author : R. Brinkman
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251046241
This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land and Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute. LWRIS experiences in the countries are presented as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experience in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects. This includes the preparation of national and regional reports on the state of land, water and plant nutrient resources in the Caribbean for dissemination through the Caribbean Land and Water Resources Network (CLAWRENET) Web site that is linked to Web sites in the countries and with the AGL Web site.
Author :
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251048603
Countries of the Near East vary in the type, quantity and format of the inventories of their land resources. Quite often, these data are sporadic, incomplete, out of date or based on diverse systems of land and soil classification and mapping. There is a need for the establishment of a user-friendly database on land and water Resources for each country, to be easily available at the desktop of land use planners and decision makers. Land resources information systems experiences in the countries are presented in this document, as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experiences in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects.
