Livestock, nutrient cycling, and sustainable agriculture in the West African Sahel

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dc.contributor.authorPowell, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Timothy O.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.coverage.temporal1975 - 1991en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:01Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses the issue of nutrient cycling by livestock in the West African Sahel. Its basic premise is that an efficient cycling of nutrients between soils, crops and livestock is vital to the sustained productivity of farming systems in the Sahel. It reviews traditional linkages between ruminant livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) and soil productivity, and assesses the adequacy of such practices in light of changes taking place in the region. It concludes by suggesting ways in which nutrient cycling could be improved and made part of a broader strategy to enhance sustainable crop-livestock production in the West African Sahel.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2245en
dc.identifier.citationIIED Gatekeeper Series No. SA37en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84369-343-7en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66747en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/6051IIED.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1993 IIEDen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectManureen
dc.subjectPasture managementen
dc.subjectLivestock managementen
dc.subjectNutrient cyclingen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectSoil productivityen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleLivestock, nutrient cycling, and sustainable agriculture in the West African Sahelen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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