Agroecology : integration with livestock

An international study directed by the World Bank, FAO and USAID in- volving several European and Amer- ican donors set out to determine the environmental impact of

Following the expansion of rainfed cultivation on hills in the highlands region, alter- native farming systems based on conservation agriculture (based on three

We identified two main trends and five archetypical systems: a centrifugal trend of specialization, toward cash crop (1) or dairy herd (2) in favourable areas,

While grazing lawns in many African savannas appear to be generated primarily by herbivore grazing activity (either wild or domestic) and the associated feedbacks to grass

If imple- mented systematically throughout the drylands, these two practices would increase offtake by about 25 percent and production of red meat by about 20 Figure 5.5 Effect

enhancing diversity within animal production systems to strenghten their resilience Preserving biological diversity in agro-ecosystems by adapting management

Despite the low nutritional value of resources, the extensive dairy systems studied in Mali are more efficient than the intensive sys- tems examined in Reunion Island, and just as

Agricultural production, characterized by semi-intensive, low input, without fallow, practiced by small farm in particular T1, T2 and T5, which dominate the most farm type in