eprintid: 4516 rev_number: 44 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/45/16 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:06:03 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:16 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:06:03 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: van Velthuizen, H.T. creators_name: Fischer, G. creators_name: Mohamed Saleem, M.A. creators_name: Kassam, A.H. creators_name: Kaufmann, R. von creators_name: Shah, M.M. creators_id: 7495 creators_id: 276 creators_id: 734 title: Potential of Forage Legumes in Land-Use Intensification Towards Sustainable Crop-Livestock Production Systems in West Africa ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_env internal_subjects: iis_fag divisions: prog_luc abstract: Poverty, high population pressure on land-use, and the inability of maintaining fertility through traditional farming and land management practices are contributing to land degradation and decline in agricultural productivity in most West African countries. Improved farming practices and land management alternatives that can raise productivity and protect the agricultural resource base are urgently required to meet future food demands. It was in this context that the potential of forage legumes in crop-livestock systems in West Africa was examined by International Centre for Africa (ILCA). The ability of forage legumes to biologically fix nitrogen and provide livestock feed of good quality are potential benefits offered by adapted legume fallows compared to natural fallows used in traditional systems. These are important considerations in effective management of nutrients and soil fertility through crop-livestock systems. Previous work in West Africa has considered forage legumes mainly from a viewpoint of their potential contribution to livestock feed improvement; their potential contribution to soil management has not been systematically assessed. This joint International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)/Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/IIASA work addresses the potential of both. date: 1995-09 date_type: published publisher: WP-95-080 iiasapubid: WP-95-080 price: 20 creators_browse_id: 349 creators_browse_id: 89 creators_browse_id: 1567 full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper place_of_pub: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria pages: 118 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: van Velthuizen, H.T. , Fischer, G. , Mohamed Saleem, M.A., Kassam, A.H., Kaufmann, R. von, & Shah, M.M. (1995). Potential of Forage Legumes in Land-Use Intensification Towards Sustainable Crop-Livestock Production Systems in West Africa. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-080 document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4516/1/WP-95-080.pdf