Balancing Livestock Needs and Soil Conservation: Assessment of Oppo...

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Balancing Livestock Needs and Soil Conservation: Assessment of Opportunities in Intensifying Cereal-Legume-Livestock Syste...

Outline <ul><li>Background </li></ul><ul><li>Objectives 1 and 2 </li></ul><ul><li>Activities </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Househo...

Background <ul><li>Agricultural production growth slower than population growth in West Africa, </li></ul><ul><li>Cereal i...

Background Fertilizer consumption and crop yield Source: FAOSTAT Source: FAOSTAT South East Asia West Africa

Background Crop residue is fed to livestock or grazed by free-roaming animals.

Off-farm uses of crop residue Granary for storing cereals and pulses. Fencing and roofing materials Fodder market at Kano ...

Project Objectives <ul><li>Goal </li></ul><ul><li>To identify key areas where research can stimulate agricultural producti...

Project Approach <ul><li>Baseline survey in the 3 countries (Ghana, Nigeria and Niger) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Identify 3 fa...

Activity 1 Socio-Economic characterization of household and CR uses

Farmers’ Typologies <ul><li>Typology 1: Crop farmers those with < 1 TLU </li></ul><ul><li>Typology 2: Crop-livestock farme...

Sample size <ul><li>Niger and Ghana: 15 farmers/village in 12 villages – 180 farmers </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Niger: Maradi r...

Socioeconomic characterization of Ghana study area 10 (3.3) 10 (3.6) 10 (3.1) 9 (3.0) Household size 1.58 (1.3) 2.06 (1.8)...

Socioeconomic characterization of Nigeria study area 9.2 (3.2) 10.5 (3.4) 9.1 (3.0) 8 (2.7) Household size 47.8 (12.9) 49....

Socioeconomic characterization of Niger study area 9 (3.8) 10 (3.6) 9 (4.0) 8 (4) Household size 4.1 (2.7) 4.7 (2.8) 4.1 (...

Utilization of CR -Typo 1 (% of farmers)

Utilization of CR -Typo 2 (% of farmers)

Utilization of CR -Typo 3 (% of farmers)

Activity 2 Quantification of trade-offs in agricultural uses of crop residues

0%C, 0%M 100%C, 100%M 100%C, 100%M 25%C, 75%M 25%C, 75%M 0%C, 0%M 50%C, 50%M 50%C, 50%M 75%C, 25%M 75%C, 25%M 1 2 3 4 5 Sc...

Study A: Effect of crop residue incorporation on crop yield <ul><li>General objective: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>quantify t...

Materials and methods <ul><li>Treatments </li></ul><ul><ul><li>T1 – 0% SA (0% L, 0% C), </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>T2 – 5...

Study B: Effect crop residues intake on livestock live weight <ul><li>General objective: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>quantify th...

<ul><li>Treatments </li></ul><ul><ul><li>T1 – 0% SA (0% C, 0% M), </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>T2 – 50% SA (25% C, 75% M), ...

Effect of crop residue use on grain yields and weight gain, Farm 2 at Cheyohi, Ghana

Effect of crop residue use on grain yields and weight gain, Farm 2 at Garin Labo, Niger

Effect of crop residue use on grain yields and weight gain, Farm 3 at Sarauniya, Nigeria

102 kg 25 kg 80 kg 89 kg 93 kg 53 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 1 2 3 4 5 ¢ 11.5 ¢ 11.8 ¢ 11.5 ¢ 11.6 ¢ 9.7 Results: Tradeof...

Activity 3 Identification of entry points for improving the productivity of cereal–legume–livestock systems: The NUTMON ap...

Nutrient balance study <ul><li>Objectives: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>To audit the flow of nutrient resources in C-L-L system...

Materials and methods <ul><li>Farmer managed nutrient flows </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Structured questionnaire for data on nu...

Nitrogen flows in farms of the various farm groups at Garin Labo

Nitrogen flows in cereal-legume-livestock systems at Cheyohi (Gh), Sarauniya (Nig) and Garin Labo (NE)

Hot spots for research intervention <ul><li>Identification of alternative sources of energy and construction material fo...

Concluding Remarks <ul><ul><li>Incorporation of crop residues was not a cost-effective application method. </li></ul></ul>...

Appreciation <ul><li>Dr. R. Abaidoo - team leader </li></ul><ul><li>Andrew Opoku and Adesiyan Titus </li></ul>

Results: Tradeoffs of farm 3 at Sarauniya 55.7 kg 61.7 kg 23 kg 32.9 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 1 2 3 4 5 0 kg N 13...

Result: Tradeoffs of farm 2 at Garin Labo 6.2 g 12.8 kg 11.2 kg 14.5 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 25 kg 1 2 3 4 5 CFA 3928 ...

Nitrogen balance in cereal-legume-livestock system at Garin Labo Nitrogen balance in cereal-legume-livestock system at Ch...

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