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Agricultural intensification and efficiency in the West African savannas: evidence from northern Nigeria.

Okike, I.O.; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Manyong, Victor M.; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2001

(NGS) and Sudan savannah (SS) zones of northern Nigeria, each representing a combination of high or low population density …

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Factors affecting farm specific production effieciency in the savanah zones of West Africa

Okike, I O; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Manyong, Victor M.; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246238

Crop-livestock competition in the west African derived savanah: Application of a multi-objective programming model

Okoruwa, V.; Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Akinwumi, J.A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1996

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011246270

Land Tenure and the Potential for the Adoption of Alley Farming in West Africa

Lawry, S; Steinberger, D; Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1994

Alley farming was developed as a means of maintaining soil fertility in fields under permanent cultivation in Africa, as population pressure makes the traditional practice of slash-and-burn combined with fallowing unsustainable. It is an agroforestry system under which food crops are grown in...

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Farmer preferences and market values of cattle in West and Central Africa

Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Swallow, B. M.; d'Iteren, G.; … - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1997

quality feed. A study was undertaken in the derived savanna area of southwest Nigeria to determine the prospects for … southern Nigeria. An analysis of farmers’ breeding practices and breed preferences confirmed a strong trend away from Muturu … other areas of West Africa, such as southeast Nigeria, where the Muturu is better suited to the farming systems and there is …

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Energy and the Evolution of Farming Systems: The Potential of Mixed Farming in the Moist Savannah of Sub-Saharan Africa

Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1996

The moist savannah zone in sub-Saharan Africa is regarded as a high potential area for crop and livestock production. Currently, human labour is the principal source of power for crop production and the level of commercial energy use is very low. Agropastoralism and pastoralism are the principal...

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Farmers’ preferences of cattle breeds, their market values and prospects for improvement in West Africa – a summary review

Kamuanga, Mulumba; d'Iteren, G; Tano, K; Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2001

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Evolving Crop-Livestock Farming Systems in the Humid Zone of West Africa: Potential and Research Needs

Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1993

Cattle rearing in humid west Africa was nearly impossible in the past owing to the prevalence of trypanosomiasis, a disease caused by the tsetse fly. However, in recent times, with population pressure, jungle clearance, crop cultivation and tsetse control measures, the challenge has been...

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Supply and Demand for Livestock Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons for Designing New Credit Schemes

Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Ehui, S K; Von Kaufmann, R - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2002

Based on analysis of credit supply in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, it is shown that public credit institutions …

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Alley farming for improving small ruminant productivity in West Africa: ILRI's experiences

Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Larbi, A; Reynolds, L - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 1996

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