A role for small ruminants in sustainable cropping systems in the humid zone of West Africa

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International Livestock Centre for Africa

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Discusses ILCA's research programme on integrating goat & sheep production into alley cropping systems i.e. production of crops between permanent rows of intensively managed trees, and also crop & animal production constraints inherent in the humid zones of West Africa and outlines on-going alley cropping trials on cut-and-carry browse feeding or direct grazing of trees during fallow periods.

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humid zones, sheep, goats, farming systems, mixed farming, research, intercropping, oil crops, food crops

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