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  1. Preparing Low-Cost Concentrate Feed - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video By making a base mix that can be fed to all animals, you save time and money. Two thirds of the mix is made from grains, like paddy, maize, sorghum and millet. One third of the mix should be rich in protein and fat. Mill the base mix into a coarse flour....
    Livestock Aquaculture Sustainable Land M... AccessAgriculture Integrated Crops Livestock Development Livestock Crops

  2. Animals & Trees for a Better Crop - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video In semi-arid West Africa, farmers and herders explain why and how trees and livestock play a crucial role in obtaining a productive soil and crop. In Niger and Ghana this is one of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management that has a...
    Livestock Agroforestry Soil Health Sustainable Land M... AccessAgriculture East Africa West Africa Integrated Crops Livestock Development East Africa West Africa

  3. Practical Action Resources - Livestock

    This section on livestock includes all animals that are farmed, as well as insects such as bees. Fish and other aquatic animals are covered in the fisheries section.
    Livestock Development Livestock

  4. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences

    The Journal publishes peer reviewed papers with the aim of sharing new developments in the agricultural and environmental sciences which include forestry, fisheries, livestock, crops, environment, biotechnology, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering. The readership of the Journal...
    Journal Agroforestry Fish Amino Acid Livestock Agricultural Econo...

  5. Food safety and informal markets: Animal products in sub-Saharan Africa

    2014-01-20 Animal products are vital to the diets and livelihoods of people across Sub-Saharan Africa. However, they are frequently traded in local, unregulated markets and this can pose significant risks to health. Usefully illustrated with 25 case studies of the meat, milk, egg and fish food sectors drawn...
    Livestock Milk Egg Fish Food Safety East Africa West Africa

  6. Livestock Integration on the Tropical Smallholder Farm

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 35. One of the best things that you can do to complete your sustainable farm or garden is to balance it with a small livestock unit. Livestock integration is fundamental #10 in my book Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. If you read ECHO Asia Notes,...
    Livestock Biochar Smallholder Farm Asia

  7. Fodder trees for improving livestock productivity and smallholder livelihoods in Africa

    Abstract,Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability2014 Fodder trees are important feed sources for livestock in a wide range offarming systemsin Africa. Researchers, extension services and farmers have developed and promoted fodder tree practices in many different countries and contexts....
    Fodder Livestock Agroforestry East Africa

  8. Growing trees on farm for fodder, fuel and timber: fodder trees are a nutritious feed supplement for livestock and farm trees provide fuel wood and timber for home use or sale

    Abstract, World Agroforestry, 2014 Many rural households in developing countries feed their animals on the leaves of trees. In pastoral areas of sub-Saharan Africa, three-quarters of the 10,000 tree and woody species, are used as fodder, supplying up to 50 per cent of livestock feed. This...
    Fodder Livestock

  9. Livestock and Farmer Field Schools

    In many countries across the world, livestock are an integral part of poor people’s livelihoods, contributing to household income, food security and nutrition. They can provide quality food (meat, milk, and eggs); capital (sale, barter and hire); fertilizer (manure); draught power for cultivation...
    Training Livestock

  10. Managing Livestock in CA Systems

    Balancing the needs of livestock and the need to keep soils covered is an on-going challenge with conservation agriculture throughout the world. When crop residues, grass, and mulch materials are in short supply, animal health and soil health both suffer. Competition for these materials can lead...
    Conservation Agric... Livestock East Africa