Se describen ensayos destinados a reducir los costos del establecimiento de pasturas y a la observacion de la distribucion espacial de las especies asociadas. Se sembraron Andropogon gayanus, Desmodium ovalifolium, Stylosanthes capitata y Pueraria phaseoloides en una sabana madura o recientemente quemada con o sin labranza y cobertura de rastrojo. D. ovalifolium y P. phaseoloides alcanzaron un cubrimiento completo en ambos tratamientos de labranza, en el ano, con tasas de P2O5 que variaron de media a alta.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980Colombia, Central America, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980Brazil, Central America, South America
Se identificaron deficiencias nutricionales (principalmente de P y algo de K, Mg, Zn y Mo) en Calopogonium mucumoides. Se aplico 0- 240 kg de P205 como superfosfato triple, roca fosforica Araxa o termofosfato/ha, en Andropogon gayanus y stylosanthes capitata al momento de la siembra. El establecimiento delas 2 esoecies fue bueno, pero el crecimiento de S. capitata fue tan lento que cuando se corto la pradera de 15 cm, consistia casi de graminea pura.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980Colombia, Central America, South America
The progress achieved by CIAT's cassava program through training activities related to the crop in Latin America, Asia, and Oceania are given. In collaboration with the training office at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, the cassava program in 1980 trained 38 professionals from 15 countries (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Bolivia, USA, Thailand, Dominican Republic, S. Africa, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, W. Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Italy).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980Middle Africa, Western Africa, Africa
Information on trypanotolerant livestock in Senegal, the Gamia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo and Zaire, particularly livestock numbers & distribution, information available on trypanotolerant cattle, sheep & goats, research and development activities, w. a selected bibliography.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
Study of sheep and goat production in tropical Africa, particularly animal numbers and production systems and regional geographic distribution & productivity potentials, w. outline of the need for future research on their potential performance under improved systems; data on adult body weight & production purposes; reproductive traits and mortality rates of small ruminants incl. price differences between mutton or goat meat and beef.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
Synthesis of discussion on the design and implementation of pastoral development projects, particularly with reference to the project concept, basic constraints and information needs, organizational aspects and monitoring, w. recommendations.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
Examines basic constraints to pastoral development. Looks into project financing, design and implementation. Discusses manpower development and training procedures. Includes notes on monitoring concepts and ILCA's monitoring activities.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
Discusses the general prospects for demand and supply of meat and dairy products in tropical Africa, w. emphasis on factors influencing supply & demand such as population growth, rising incomes, and traditional production blockages. Analyses supply prospects from existing livestock production systems, and points out some development paths to be followed such as trypanosomiasis eradication and improvement of tradition production and smallholder fattening systems.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980
The proceedings of a conference, reviewing current knowledge of browse species and their role in the development of livestock production. The papers cover the ecology of browse trees and shrubs, their geological distribution, relative palatibility for different animals, and composition and theoretical value. Also discussed are the primary and secondary production of browse, its intensification by economic and socially acceptable operations, browse regeneration management and research priorities.
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