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Subject listing for: Plant and Livestock Interactions |
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This is a paper synthesising the alley cropping research conducted by the ex-ILCA (now ILRI) Humid Zone Programme based at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria from 1978 through 1993.
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La base de datos de CIAT incluye documentos resultantes de investigación sobre sistemas de doble propósito producidos en o sobre países de América Tropical. Se incluyen documentos principalmente en español y en portugués, inglés y francés.
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This is a paper on a research project in Vietnam studying the effect of biodigester effluent as a fertilizer for duckweed compared to that of the original manure.
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This site contains English language summaries of year 2001 traffic on COBERAGRI-L, a Spanish language cover crops mailing list coordinated by the International Cover Crops Clearinghouse (CIDICCO).
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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This article in the journal Livestock Research for Rural Development descibes a research project in Vietnam which assesses the forage value for goats of locally adapted trees and shrubs.
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Un resumen de las investigaciones en Cuba acerca de sistemas silvopastoriles como fuentes alternativas de alimentos para animales y como proveedores de funciones ecológicas (proteger contra la erosión, conservar la humedad y disminuir la evapotranspiración de las plantas). (Conferencia electrónica FAO-CIPAV sobre "Agroforestería para la producción animal en Latinoamérica" en 2000)
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Esta compañía Boliviana ofrece semillas forrajeras en venta para valle, altiplano, tropico y subtropico. Tambien tiene fotos e información sobre las especies.
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Una empresa Boliviana que ofrece semillas forrajeras en venta para valle, altiplano, tropico y subtropico. Tambien tiene fotos e información sobre las especies.
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This article discusses the establishment and mangagement of fodder banks for small scale farming systems. It includes references for further reading.
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This article which comes from the proceedings of a Regional Expert's Meeting in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas discusses the fodder situation and pastoral development in Nepal.
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This is an online book about forage legumes used in tropical agricultural systems. It includes a table of contents that allows you to click into sections individually. There is also an address through which you can order a copy of the book.
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This 1995 proceedings chapter from an FAO/ILRI round table on livestock development strategies for low income countries looks at human impacts of crop and animal agriculture on the environment and natural resources of Africa.
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An analysis to determine whether inclusion of animals in alley cropping systems increases system productivity and sustainability.
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This paper discusses research conducted through the University of Pennsylvania (USA) into balancing dairy cattle feed to provide adequate nutrition while reducing nitrogen excretion in manure.
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This article looks at the management of manure and crop residues as soil amendments in Zimbabwe.
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La página de entrada a los informes técnicos accesibles en línea del Centro Internacional de Información sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO). Contiene breves artículos que documentan sistemas y resultados de estudios de abonos verdes o de cultivos de cobertura.
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Un breve resumen de un proyecto de investigación y desarrollo apoyado por la Fundación Rockefeller: descripción, fotos, avances y dificultades. Trabajaron con frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris, frijol nescafé (Mucuna pruriens y Canavalia ensiformis en sistemas de producción de maíz y/o ganado.
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Esta hoja informativa acerca de Sesbania sesban fue preparada en 1994 por Dale O. Evans para la Asociación de Arboles Fijadores de Nitrógeno (NFTA) como parte de su publicación "Panorama General de los Arboles Fijadores de Nitrógeno: Una guía útil para los árboles fijadores de nitrógeno del mundo."
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Las 'herramientas' provistas son técnicas y opciones de política o desarrollo institucional para aumentar los efectos positivos o mitigar los efectos negativos de la ganadería sobre la base de recursos naturales. Un Manual dirigido a un amplio espectro de personas claves en la tomà de decisiones, planificadores y agentes de extensión.
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Ce texte explore les interactions engendrees par la coexistence de l'elevage et de l'agriculture dans un cadre villegouis.
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This site contains an online book about coconut palm and cattle cropping systems in Asia and the Pacific Region. Click on the cover page to open the book.
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This is a report of an on-going research study whose objective is to quantitatively evaluate three soil management factors: tillage, time of grain cropping, and cover crop management.
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This farmwest.com page provides links to information on relay cropping in British Columbia, Canada.
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This is an article about a farming system called SALT-2 that grazes livestock on sloping land with forage (usually leguminous shrubs) crops planted in contour hedgerows and on the boundary of the farm. Between the hedgerows, cash crops are grown.
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This Bolivian company has information about productive pastures and forages for tropics and highlands, and also offers a variety of forage and cover crop seed for sale.
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Información sobre la canavalia de punto de vista alimentación animal: composición de la materia orgánica, digestibilidad y valor nutritivo de las semillas. (Fuente: base de datos de la FAO)
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Livestock and their products contribute about 19 percent to the total value of agriculture, forestry and fisheries production in developing countries, or about 25 percent to the value of agricultural production. This calculation only includes the output of priced commodities such as milk and meat; it ignores other benefits livestock is providing, such as capital formation, risk insurance, draft power, manure and weeding.
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An article on the interaction between crops and livestock in an area of Mali where agriculture is intensifying and cattle populations are increasing can be downloaded from this site.
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Un resumen de información básica con referencias a la literatura sobre la Tithonia: botánica
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Los tratamientos considerados en esta investigación en el estado Aragua, Venezuela, fueron: canavalia regada cada 5 días, canavalia regada cada 10 días, soya regada cada 5 días y soya regada cada 10 días. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía de LUZ (1999).
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El artículo presenta ejemplos, de interacciones biológicas, ecológicas y económicas. Incluye definiciones y opciones para el establecimiento, resultados obtenidos por sistemas silvopastoriles, bancos forrajeros y cercas vivas. (Conferencia electrónica FAO-CIPAV sobre "Agroforestería para la producción animal en Latinoamérica" en 2000)
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This site has links to 199798 Program Report, grant application information, sustainable agriculture resources, and SARE grant awards for 1997.
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