Alley farming: A sustainable technology for crops and livestock production

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dc.contributor.authorOgunlana, E.en
dc.contributor.authorSalokhe, V.en
dc.contributor.authorLund, R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeriaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:46:14Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:46:14Zen
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe paper's study focused on developing farming systems that would eliminate fallow periods while increasing production and maintaining soil fertility. Crop yields increased with alley farming and the prunings from the alley crop, Leucaena leucocephala, were fed to cattle giving them increased body weight. Alley farming's benefits include improvement of soil fertility, provision of all year round fodder for livestock, possibility of continuous cropping, low capital requirement and supply of fuelwood and stakes. Constraints of alley farming include lack of knowledge about its benefits and lack of finances. The authors conclude with suggestions for effective extension of alley farming to enhance adoption.en
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dc.identifier4176en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sustainable Agriculture 29(1): 131-144en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1300/J064v29n01_10en
dc.identifier.issn1540-7578en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68429en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBinghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectAlley farmingen
dc.subjectLivestock productionen
dc.subjectLeucaena leucocephalaen
dc.subjectHedgerowsen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleAlley farming: A sustainable technology for crops and livestock productionen
dc.typeAbstracten
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