Proceedings of the ILCA/ARO/CABO Workshop Held at ARO, BET DAGAN, ISRAEL, 5–9 February 1985
Edited by
N. de Ridder (ILCA)
H. van Keulen (CABO)
N.G. Seligman (ARO)
and P.J.H. Neate (ILCA)
January 1986
International Livestock Centre for Africa
P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
General Introduction
ILCA's policy towards modelling in the framework of livestock systems research
Models and the analysis of productivity in extensive livestock systems in Israel
Primary production
Prediction of actual primary production under nitrogen limitation
IntakeBehavioural aspects of intake at pasture in ruminants
Prediction of feed intake in ruminants
Relationships between chemical composition and voluntary intake of feeds by sheep and cattle
Secondary production
Adaptation of the Kahn model for a mixed farming system in southeastern Asia
Appraisal of the ILCA cattle herd dynamics model using data from pastoral systems in Mali and Kenya
Modelling pastoral livestock production: Problems and prospects
Management and economics
Analysis of management impact in semi-arid agropastoral systems
Modelling economic outcomes of livestock production systems
Selection of sheep husbandry technologies under single and multiple goal constraintsI.
General discussion