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Economic Analysis Of Crop Livestock Integration Among The Agropastoralists In The Northern Guinea Savannah Of Nigeria
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Book Synopsis Economic Analysis of Crop Livestock Integration Among the Agropastoralists in the Northern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria by : Akpa Ndubuisi
Download or read book Economic Analysis of Crop Livestock Integration Among the Agropastoralists in the Northern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria written by Akpa Ndubuisi and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Socio-economic Analysis of Crop-livestock Integration in North-western Nigeria Savannah by : Ajayi Raphael Adeniyi Omolehin
Download or read book Socio-economic Analysis of Crop-livestock Integration in North-western Nigeria Savannah written by Ajayi Raphael Adeniyi Omolehin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agricultural Intensification and Efficiency in the West African Savannahs by : I. Okike
Download or read book Agricultural Intensification and Efficiency in the West African Savannahs written by I. Okike and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Integrating Crops and Livestock in West Africa by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Integrating Crops and Livestock in West Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rural Food Security and Living Standard in Humid Zones of Nigeria by : Eunice Oluyemisi Obamiro
Download or read book Rural Food Security and Living Standard in Humid Zones of Nigeria written by Eunice Oluyemisi Obamiro and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food insecurity is an important element in the poverty that is plaguing Nigeria. Dealing with the issue entails tackling the problems faced by the principal food producers, which are the rural smallholder farmers. Using the farming systems approach, this book focuses on an exposition of the underlying factors affecting food insecurity and poor living standard among rural families in the humid zones of Nigeria. Through multistage stratified sampling procedure, primary data was collected by field survey from 31 villages in Osun state. The analytical tools include descriptive statistics, econometric and the goal-programming model. Specific peculiarities of each household member was utilised for deriving calorie balance. Results show that poor living standard and food insecurity could be adduced to poor infrastructure, low input and resource availability. 59% and 41% of the households are calorie sufficient and deficient respectively. Modelling results reveal the negative impact of increasing risk factors that guides production decisions and some level of resource under utilisation and misallocation in actual practice partly adduced to risk avoidance behaviours therefore, the greater potential for farm families to be able to meet up with their food security goals through appropriate actions. Impact assessments show the need for improved cropping practices, credit facilities, land tenure changes and changes in the cocoa sector to improve food security.
Book Synopsis Farm Characterisations in the Southern and Northern Guinea Savannah Zones of Nigeria by : S. Foli
Download or read book Farm Characterisations in the Southern and Northern Guinea Savannah Zones of Nigeria written by S. Foli and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farm characterisations based on constructed farmer typology were conducted in the southern and northern Guinea savannah zones of Nigeria. The research was carried out within the framework of the N2Africa project. N2Africa is a research for development project working in 13 sub-Saharan African countries aiming to improve benefits from cultivating grain legumes through better yielding varieties and enhanced biological nitrogen fixation. Data collection took place in the northern Guinea (Bunkure) and in the southern Guinea (Kachia) savannah zones. The study aimed to understand the role of three grain legumes: cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and soybean (Glycine max) in the farming systems of the chosen agro-ecological zones and how these legumes can further contribute to improved soil fertility and crop production. Socio-economic data was collected including farm and household sizes, farming objectives of smallholders, livestock, off-farm income or remittances, and labour arrangements. Rainfall data, soil and crop sampling, and biological nitrogen fixation measurements were taken. Major socio-economic differences between the study sites were household sizes, farm size, and livestock densities. The above were all higher in Bunkure than in Kachia. Average annual rainfall ranged between 1392-1797mm in Kachia accompanied by a 195 days growing period. On the contrary, annual rainfall in Bunkure was between 714-841mm per annum with a 135 days growing period. Cropping in Bunkure entails intercropping of cereal and grain legumes. Cowpea is important for food and groundnut is sold for income. Farming in Kachia is oriented towards income generation with ginger being the most important cash crop. Groundnut and soybean are also grown for sale on the market. Maize is the dominant food crop. Analysed soil samples revealed low fertility of soils in Bunkure, well below critical levels of P and K. Low clay content of 11% on average translated into low availability of the important plant nutrients N, P, and K. Average pH on the other hand very satisfactory (6.2), also for Kachia (5.6). Higher clay content of soils (24%) in Kachia showed higher soil fertility in terms of organic carbon, total N, available P, and exchangeable cations. Average plant N derived from biological nitrogen fixation in grain legumes was 74% (84 kg N ha-1) in Bunkure for cowpea and groundnut. In Kachia, this was 44% (44 kg N ha-1) for groundnut and soybean. Large variations in nitrogen fixation occurred between fields but cowpea gained the highest benefits from nitrogen fixation in Bunkure, whilst groundnut gained the least N from biological fixation in Kachia. This study was able to show that grain legumes occupy an important role within farming systems in northern Nigeria mainly through their contribution to food self-sufficiency, farm income, and fodder for livestock. The use of legume fodder to feed livestock in the southern Guinea zone is however much less than in the north and most farmers left their residue on the field after harvest. Other cash crops mainly ginger compete with grain legumes for crop land but soybean and groundnut are still important for income generation in the southern Guinea zone. At both study sites, grain legumes were the most profitable crops on a per hectare basis. The study concluded that, additional benefits from grain legumes in northern Nigeria should come through better management of residue to maintain soil fertility in Kachia where farmers have less need for fodder. At Bunkure, improved handling and storage strategies for farmyard manure are necessary to ensure good quality in nutrient cycling through legume residue that is fed to livestock.
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture by : International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Download or read book Annual Report of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture written by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Future of Impact Assessment in the CGIAR by :
Download or read book The Future of Impact Assessment in the CGIAR written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crop-livestock Interaction in Sub-Sarahan Africa by : John McIntire
Download or read book Crop-livestock Interaction in Sub-Sarahan Africa written by John McIntire and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a collaborative research effort between the World Bank and the International Livestock Centre for Africa. It extends previous work on agricultural mechanization and the evolution of farming systems in Africa by seeking to answer a number of basic questions about the integration of crops and livestock in sub - Saharan Africa. Those questions include the role of mixed farming in promoting agricultural growth, the appropriate points at which to encourage the use of animals as sources of farm power, the contribution of animals to improving the poor fertility of African soils, the efficacy of different methods to better livestock nutrition, and the economic returns to incorporating livestock production on small farms. While many individual studies have analyzed such issues in the past, this book is the first comprehensive review of existing knowledge which offers general explanations of crop-livestock relations with respect to both economic and technical features of African agriculture. In doing so, experimental evidence is carefully synthesized and examined in light of field visits to thirty-three different sites through the major agroclimates of sub - Saharan Africa. The detailed empirical nature of the book permits specific conclusions to be drawn for different farming systems, while its comparisons across those systems allow broad explanations of contrasting crop-livestock interactions.
Book Synopsis A Socio-economic Analysis of Stall-fed Cattle Production and Marketing in the Mandara Mountains Region of Northern Cameroon by : John Holtzman
Download or read book A Socio-economic Analysis of Stall-fed Cattle Production and Marketing in the Mandara Mountains Region of Northern Cameroon written by John Holtzman and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Economic Analysis of Agricultural Production and Labour Utilisation Among the Hausa in the North of Nigeria by : David W. Norman
Download or read book Economic Analysis of Agricultural Production and Labour Utilisation Among the Hausa in the North of Nigeria written by David W. Norman and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts by :
Download or read book World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :International Development Research Centre (Canada) Publisher :IDRC ISBN 13 :088936852X Total Pages :319 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (893 download)
Book Synopsis Cover Crops in West Africa by : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Download or read book Cover Crops in West Africa written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1998 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover Crops in West Africa Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture
Book Synopsis State of Food and Agriculture by : Food and Agriculture Organization
Download or read book State of Food and Agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization and published by Food & Agriculture Organization. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production in countries and regions that are already highly food-insecure. The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, represents a new beginning in the global effort to stabilize the climate before it is too late. It recognizes the importance of food security in the international response to climate change, as reflected by many countries prominent focus on the agriculture sector in their planned contributions to adaptation and mitigation. To help put those plans into action, this report identifies strategies, financing opportunities, and data and information needs. It also describes transformative policies and institutions that can overcome barriers to implementation. The State of Food and Agriculture is produced annually. Each edition contains an overview of the current global agricultural situation, as well as more in-depth coverage of a topical theme."
Book Synopsis Crop Residues in Sustainable Mixed Crop/livestock Farming Systems by : C. Renard
Download or read book Crop Residues in Sustainable Mixed Crop/livestock Farming Systems written by C. Renard and published by Cabi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological constraints and opportunities in relation to class of livestock and production objectives; Trhe influence of socioeconomic factors on the availability and utilization of crop residues as animal feeds; Crop residues in Tropical Africa: trends in supply, demand and use; Cowpea and its improvement: key to sustainable mixed crop/livestock farming systems in West Africa; Dynamics of feed resources in mixed farming systems in Southeast, South Asia; West/Central Asia-North Africaand Latin America; Crop residues as a strategic resource in mixed farming systems; Alternatives to crop residues as feed resource in mixed farming systems; Alternatives to crop residues for soil amendment; Crop residues for feeding animals in Asia: technology development and adoption in crop/livestock systems; The national perspective: a synthesis of country reports presented at the Workshop.
