Integration crop-livestock: Is it efficient in suppressing troublesome weeds? A case study

Concenço, Germani; Marques, R. F.; Santos, S. A. dos; Correia, Isabel; Palharini, W. G.; Alves, Maxwell Santos; Melo, T. S.; Xavier, Laryssa Barbosa; Linhares, L. T.

doi:10.5897/ajar2015.9528

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“…Management systems with low soil disturbance allow formation of a more diverse weed seed bank in soil. Rotation of crops with Ezeaku et al 4271 livestock help to break weed cycles thus reducing production costs and environmental risks posed by the use of agro-chemicals (Germani et al, 2015).…”

Section: Weed Dynamicsmentioning

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Integrated crop-livestock farming system for sustainable agricultural production in Nigeria

Ezeaku¹,

Mbah²,

Baiyeri³

et al. 2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Integrated crop-livestock is advocated to be very promising in boosting food productivity and soil fertility in Nigeria owing to its numerous synergistic benefits as outlined in this review. Particularly, the system will be very suitable in the savannah regions of the country where livestock production is predominant. Although integrated crop-livestock farming has been in existence in these regions, it is typically cereal based-livestock system resulting in perennial depletion of soil fertility. Introduction of legumes into the system to form cereal-legume-livestock system can function as a key integrating factor through improvement of soil fertility, provision of healthy protein in the human diet and fodder for livestock consumption. This paper therefore, aimed to review the benefits of introduction of legumes like cowpea into the long existing cereal based livestock farming in Nigeria, particularly in the savannah regions of the country in order to boost food security and income of the farmers. The review showed that incorporation of cowpea into the system will in greater measure increase the overall food productivity, ensures sustainability of the soil fertility and substantially improves the income of the farmers in the country.

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Section: Weed Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated crop-livestock farming system for sustainable agricultural production in Nigeria

Ezeaku¹,

Mbah²,

Baiyeri³

et al. 2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…For example, inclusion of a grazed pasture rotation in a cropping system can -through the effects of grazing and dunging -promote the accumulation of soil organic matter, stimulate soil-microbial activity and increase the diversity and density of soil invertebrate macrofauna and hence promote all the resilience-enhancing benefits of healthy and biodiverse soils (Salton et al, 2014). Grazing during a pasture rotation can also help to suppress weeds (Concenço et al, 2015;Salton et al, 2014). As noted in Section 2.2, grazing animals can also be used in the management of fire risk and in the control of pests or invasive species.…”

Section: Overview Of the Contributions Of Biodiversity For Food And A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Courtier-Orgogozo

2024

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Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO.

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“…Among the technologies that are quite interesting is the integration of livestock and estates. Many studies have found the great benefit to be gained from integrating livestock -plants, especially horticulture crops (Germani et al, 2015;Tarawali et al, 2004). As one of the most promising solutions to soil fertility decline and productivity losses in intensifying systems in Nigeria, integrated crop-livestock is frequently advocated.…”

Section: Development Plantation Crops As Mentioned Abovementioning

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Optimizing Household Economic Resource to Lessen Population Pressures on Villages around Kerinci Seblat National Park Bengkulu Province

Sukiyono

Widiono

2020

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Villages around Kerinci Seblat National Park (Taman Nasional Kerinci Seblat, TNKS) have experienced population pressure. This condition which if not addressed immediately will encourage the community around the TNKS to enter and encroach the forest to meet their household needs. This is getting worse along with the finding that the community around TNKS also does not have many alternative sources of income. For this reason, designing strategies for optimizing household economic to lessen population pressures are noteworthy. Focus group discussion (FGD) and analysis hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to design and to determine development strategy for household economic empowerment and twenty-five key informants including fifteen farmer households were interviewed. The AHP results conclude that the production aspect is the most important that needs to be given priority in the development of plantation production. This conclusion is based on its highest relative priorities (weights), i.e., 0.298. Of the three programs identified and using weight result of AHP, community seed assistance is the most important program in the development of plantation production (weight of 0.494). The seed assistance program is the most important compared to providing soft loans (weight of 0.29) and expanding to production inputs accessibility (weight of 0.216). Meanwhile, human resource development aspects are the most attractive strategy for food crop production development, especially rice, with a weight of 0.325. Aspects of human resource development are more focused on improving farmer knowledge in cultivation than marketing and post-harvest handling aspects. Optimization of pekarangan resources is directed to the development of the chicken farm (weight = 0.274) focused on improving the production aspect (weight = 0.328). Among three priority programs, day-old chicken assistance (weight = 0.512) is more needed than access to soft loans (weight = 0.242) and feed programs (weight = 0.246).

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Integration crop-livestock: Is it efficient in suppressing troublesome weeds? A case study

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Integrated crop-livestock farming system for sustainable agricultural production in Nigeria

Integrated crop-livestock farming system for sustainable agricultural production in Nigeria

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Optimizing Household Economic Resource to Lessen Population Pressures on Villages around Kerinci Seblat National Park Bengkulu Province

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