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Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria

Agroforestry Systems volume 20, pages 187–198 (1992)Cite this article

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In alley farming, crop response to mulching is the most important determinant of whether or not the use of prunings for feeding animals is economic. At low crop yields, and low crop response to mulching, feeding part of the tree foliage to small ruminants is economically gainful but at high crop yield levels and higher crop response to mulching, the use of pruning for feeding animals is uneconomic at current market prices.

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  1. Humid Zone Programme, International Livestock Centre for Africa, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria

    M. A. Jabbar

  2. Forestry Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana

    J. Cobbina

  3. Sub-humid Zone Programme, ILCA, Mombasa, Kenya

    L. Reynolds

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  1. M. A. Jabbar
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Jabbar, M.A., Cobbina, J. & Reynolds, L. Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria. Agroforest Syst 20, 187–198 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053138

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  • alley farming
  • small ruminants
  • economics

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