Effect of intensification on feed management of dairy cows in the Central Hghlands of Kenya

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byCambridge University Press

Abstract

In sub-Saharan Africa mixed crop-livestock systems predominate in the semi-arid, sub-humid and cool highland zones. In these areas, systems intensify and crops and livestock become increasingly integrated as the human population increases and land becomes a more important constraint than labour (Boserup, 1965; McIntireet al., 1992). As intensification progresses, use of crop residues moves from open access to crop fields, following harvest, to labour intensive management of cereals as dual-purpose crops.

Citation

Romney, D., Utiger, C., Kaitho, R., Thorne, P., Wokabi, A., Njoroge, L., Chege, L., Kirui, J., Kamotho, D. and Staal, S. 2004. Effect of intensification on feed management of dairy cows in the Central Highlands of Kenya. In: Owen, E., Smith, T., Steele, M.A., Anderson, S., Duncan, A.J., Herrero, M., Leaver, J.D., Reynolds, C.K., Richards, J.I. and Ku-Vera, J.C. (eds), Responding to the livestock revolution: the role of globalization and implications for poverty alleviation. British Society of Animal Science Publication No. 33, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK. pp. 167-178.

Authors

  • Romney, Dannie L.
  • Utiger, C.
  • Kaitho, R.
  • Thorne, Peter J.
  • Wokabi, A.
  • Njoroge, L.
  • Chege, L.
  • Kirui, Josephine
  • Kamotho, D.
  • Staal, Steven J.

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