Implications of livestock feeding management on soil fertility in the smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-243

  Delve, R J ^a,b,d   Cadisch, G ^a   Tanner, J C ^b   Thorpe, W ^b   Thorne, P J ^c   Giller, K E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Crop livestock interactions; Diet quality; Kenya; Manure quality; N mineralisation; Nutrient cycling; Soil fertility; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; FARMING SYSTEM; FECES; LIVESTOCK; LIVEWEIGHT GAIN; MAIZE; MANURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; PLANT AGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035061708     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(00)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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