Integrated crop livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, J. W.en
dc.contributor.authorNaazie, A.en
dc.contributor.authorLarbi, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAgyemang, K.en
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:10Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:10Zen
dc.date.issued1997en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractRapid growth of the human and livestock populations in sub-Saharan Africa is creating unprecedented increases in food and feed demands. These population pressures on a fixed landbase are likely to promote severe competition for resources and drive agriculture progressively towards intensification. Integrated crop livestock systems, already common in the highlands, are expected to evolve rapidly elsewhere. Research is required to develop technological alternatives which promote better resource use through synergies from crop livestock integration. Maintenance of soil fertility and provision of livestock feeds appear to be the main areas of reciprocal benefits, while animal traction may be an option for increasing land and labour productivity. In this paper, we assess the challenge facing sub-Saharan agriculture and the potential contribution of crop livestock integrated systems towards agricultural growth and sustainability.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1932en
dc.identifier.citationOutlook on Agriculture 26(4): 237 - 246en
dc.identifier.issn0030-7270en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66509en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIbadan, Nigeria: International Livestock Research Instituteen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectIntegrated crop managementen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectPopulation growthen
dc.subjectFood demanden
dc.subjectCompetitionen
dc.subjectIntensificationen
dc.subjectAgricultural growthen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleIntegrated crop livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?en
dc.typeAbstracten
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