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Biomass production, chronosequence and vegetation indexes: Outputs of...
SLP has been strengthening links with different academic institutions. The result of these links has been a small set of internships, BSc or MSc thesis with various universities. Research topics are...
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Competing uses, dynamics, and production and utilization constraints of crop...
Kindu Mekonnen, SLP associate researcher of the East Africa team writes: “Biomass is a crucial resource for smallholder farmers. Crop residues form an important source of biomass but there are...
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SLP releases database on nutritive value of feeds in Sub-Saharan Africa
SLP has now formally released the sub-Saharan Africa Feeds database – a user friendly searchable database containing information on the nutritive values of 20,913 samples of 566 of the major feeds used...
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SLP participation in the 5th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture...
SLP was part of the 5th WCCA & 3rd FSD held in Brisbane, Australia last week. Diego Valbuena (SLP Postdoc Scientist) gave an overview on the crop residue use in different mixed crop-livestock...
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Intensification of crop-livestock farming systems in East Africa: A...
SLP East Africa team continues presenting preliminary results of the project on crop residue trade-offs. This time Kindu Mekonnen (ILRI-Ethiopia) will present a poster at the CIALCA International...
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Fodder shrubs increase milk production of smallholders in East Africa
According to the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), some 200,000 dairy farmers in East Africa have invested in fodder shrubs and are reporting an increase in milk yields of at least 1-2 litres of milk...
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EcoAgriculture Partners releases a discussion paper on Performance and...
This Discussion Paper published by EcoAgriculture Partners with support from CARE and WWF-US examines how Conservation Agriculture (CA) might support climate change adaptation and mitigation in the...
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Diagnosis to action: SLP turning data on crop residue use into fuel for change
Last week, the crop residue trade-offs project team met in Addis Ababa to take stock of the data collected across all four regions (South Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa). The idea...
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Agricultural innovation in sub-Saharan Africa: FARA’s review on...
FARA releases a report examining the experiences of 21 case studies covering a wide range of African farming systems over broad geographic and historical landscapes. This review seeks to assess the...
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Job opportunity: Agricultural Innovation Scientist – CIMMYT
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is looking for for an innovative, results-oriented scientist with excellent skills in agricultural innovation to facilitate technology...
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First publication of the CGIAR SLP crop residue project
The first peer-reviewed publication of the Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP) crop residue project is now on-line in Field Crops Research. This paper describes the options and challenges of...
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SLP presents preliminary results of residue project at Planet Under Pressure...
This week in the session of Food Security of the Planet Under Pressure conference in London, Diego Valbuena presented the preliminary results of the SLP residue project. Focusing on biomass use and...
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Three PhD positions on system trajectories, diversity and cross-scale...
CIMMYT and Wageningen University are looking for three highly motivated and inquisitive PhD candidates to investigate the development trajectories of cereal-based systems in Mexico, South Asia and...
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