Livestock systems research manual
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Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789290531746
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Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9789290531746
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas Reginald Preston
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 322
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Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9789291461233
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: A. C. W. Roeleveld
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is based on the papers and discussions of the workshop Diagnosis of livestock systems: description, analysis and research planning. In this workshop, organized in Sikasso, Mali, 1992, agricultural researchers discussed how to achieve basic understanding and to outline initial livestock research priorities
Author: International Livestock Research Institute
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9789291460038
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Policy concepts; Identification of policy issues; Production systems, supply and demand; Market, price and trade policies; Marketing and distribution systems; Budget and manpower planning; Land tenure police for the livestock sector; Policy analysis report writing and communication; Livestock production and marketing in alphabeta - a case study.
Author: T.J. Preston
Publisher: Daya Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9788170352143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The aim of this book is to provide practical guidance to researchers committed to promoting the better use of tropical feed resources in sustainable livestock systems. The emphasis is on appropriate technologies for small farmers in developing countries. This book is not a list of recipes for making laboratory analysis or preparing experiments. Half of its contents is devoted to describing the essential principles which should assist the research worker in conducting useful and cost effective research. This includes: the importance of managing natural resources for sustainable development and of identifying priority areas for research aimed at solving practical problems and improving the lot of small farmers in developing countries, the basic principles of animal nutrition, the identification of important feed resources and of some appropriate technologies to better use them. Contents Chapter 1: Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livestock Based Agriculture, Chapter 2: Identifying Priority Areas for Research on Tropical Feed Resources, Chapter 3: Nutrition of Non Ruminants, Chapter 4: Feed Resources for Non Ruminants, Chapter 5: Nutrition of Ruminants, Chapter 6: Feed Resources for Ruminants, Chapter 7: Technologies for Improving the Use of Renewable Natural Resources, Chapter 8: Design and Analysis of Experiments, Chapter 9: Biological and Chemical Analytical Methods, Chapter 10: Animal Feeding Trials, Chapter 11: On Farm Research: A Discussion of Some Practical Examples and Procedures, Chapter 12: Guidelines for the Evaluation of Feed Resources, Chapter 13: Presentation of Research Results.
Author: L. 't Mannetje
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780851999395
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Considers a range of methods used by plant and animal production scientists to study grassland vegetation and animal performance. This volume replaces a previous title, ''Measurement of Grassland Vegetation and Animal Production'', published in 1978, but incorporates many new topics.
Author: Michael P. Collinson
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9789251043110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a detailed history of farming systems research (FSR). While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries. There are some 40 contributions from nearly 50 contributors from 20 countries, illustrating both the diversity and yet the coherence of FSR. The five parts of the book cover: (1) FSR - understanding farmers and their farming (FSR origins and perspectives; understanding farming systems); (2) the applications of farming systems research (FSR in technology choice and development; FSR in extension and policy formulation); (3) institutional commitment to FSR (FSR: some institutional experiences in national agricultural research; dimensions of the organization of FSR; training for FSR); (4) FSR: the professional dimension (regional and international associations; FSR and the professional disciplines); and (5) cutting edge methods, abiding issues and the future for FSR.