Fodder-quality improvement through contour planting of legume-shrub/grass mixtures in croplands of Rwanda highlands

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-274

  Niang, A ^a,b   Styger, E ^a,b   Gahamanyi, A ^a   Hoekstra, D ^b   Coe, R ^b  

^a International Centre for Research in Agroforestry ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Competition; Crop loss; Crop yield; Fodder length; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONTOUR PLANTING; CROPPING SYSTEM; FODDER QUALITY; FODDER SYSTEM; FORAGE QUALITY; GRASS; PROTEIN YIELD; SHRUB LEGUME;

BUBERUKA HIGHLANDS; RWANDA;

CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; PERMISETUM PURPUREUM; SESBANIA SESBAN; SETARIA SPLENDIDA;

EID: 0031774732     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005983129712     Document Type: Article

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