Sustaining a crop-livestock farming system in the subhumid zone of Nigeria by matching feed from improved Stylosanthes-based pastures and livestock production
Ikwuegbu, O.A.; Tarawali, G.; Iji, P.
Stylosanthes as a forage and fallow crop Proceedings of the regional workshop on the use of Stylosanthes in West Africa, Kaduna, Nigeria, 26-31 October 1992: 167-174
1994
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Grain yields in 1991 from plots sown to Stylosanthes hamata Verano in 1990 were 2245, 1533 and 724 kg/ha for maize, sorghum and millet respectively, compared with 1654, 1476 and 475 kg in fallowed plots.
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