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East Africa's grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993)
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East Africa's grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993)
Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science, 29
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This book is based on more than 1000 references to English and
French articles produced in the region over many decades. A
comprehensive review of the achievements in farming and research in
both wet and dryland is given, related to the grasslands of:
Eastern Africa, extending from Malawi to Eritrea, including
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Zambia, Rwanda,
Burundi, Sudan and eastern Zaire. Sown grasses, within the
time-proven system of mixed-farming based on crop-grass rotations.
Fodders, e.g. Elephant grass, dryland-Sorghum, lucerne, Leucaena,
tropical legumes and hay. /LIST The main objectives of the book are
to illustrate the value of East African grasses and fodders for:
Livestock: East Africa is the gene-centre of the world's most
famous cultivated tropical grasses capable of achieving high animal
performance, also without fertilizer. Soil fertility maintenance:
local farmers pioneered the practice of grass fallows with Elephant
grass to restore soil fertility. This was later extended to sown
grasses to accelerate the restoration process. Crop yields are
doubled following pasture. Environmental protection: priority in
natural grassland is to prevent deterioration. In crop-pasture
rotations grasses are effective in trapping rainfall and in
reducing erosion by improved soil structure. Topics discussed
include animal manure versus fertilizer; zero versus direct
grazing; fodder crops (annual and perennial) versus grass
conservation; seed production and plant breeding. The main species
in cultivation are described in detail.
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