Small Ruminant Research and Development in Africa: Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference of the African Small Ruminant Research Network : AICC, Arusha, Tanzania, 7-11 December 1992ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD), 1994 M01 1 - 260 pages |
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... figures . African small ruminants produce only 14 % of the world's milk and 15 % of the world's skin . The ownership of small ruminants in Africa differs from that of cattle . Only a small percentage of the population own cattle , and ...
... figures . African small ruminants produce only 14 % of the world's milk and 15 % of the world's skin . The ownership of small ruminants in Africa differs from that of cattle . Only a small percentage of the population own cattle , and ...
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... Figures in parentheses are CP ( % ) of fodder crop . S = Stylosanthes ; M = Macroptilium ; C = Centrosema ; A = Alysicarpus . Table 4. Livestock species in households in the humid and. 80 % of the goats of tropical Africa and where the ...
... Figures in parentheses are CP ( % ) of fodder crop . S = Stylosanthes ; M = Macroptilium ; C = Centrosema ; A = Alysicarpus . Table 4. Livestock species in households in the humid and. 80 % of the goats of tropical Africa and where the ...
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... Figures based on numbers of animals sold , given in Table 2 , show that sales of adults ( sold for meat , transferred out or slaughtered because of ill health ) from the two grazing systems amounted to N 51,040 ( 232 x N 220 ) . Kid ...
... Figures based on numbers of animals sold , given in Table 2 , show that sales of adults ( sold for meat , transferred out or slaughtered because of ill health ) from the two grazing systems amounted to N 51,040 ( 232 x N 220 ) . Kid ...
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... figures also support incorporating herbaceous legumes into this cropping system . The observed ratio of intact males to does of 1:10 in this study and 1:16 in another study in the same zone ( Bayer , 1986 ) indicates that more breeding ...
... figures also support incorporating herbaceous legumes into this cropping system . The observed ratio of intact males to does of 1:10 in this study and 1:16 in another study in the same zone ( Bayer , 1986 ) indicates that more breeding ...
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... figure for household income . However , their role as an investment for savings may account for the wide ownership pattern ( ILCA , 1979 ) . Improved animal productivity is equivalent to a higher rate of interest on the savings account ...
... figure for household income . However , their role as an investment for savings may account for the wide ownership pattern ( ILCA , 1979 ) . Improved animal productivity is equivalent to a higher rate of interest on the savings account ...
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