Small-scale intensive poultry systems for eggs and broilers is a significant development area in many African countries, but these are few in the Eastern Cape, where traditional backyard systems predominate (see Yusuf et al., 2014). Significantly, up to 80% of the population in poorest ...
Pyrolysis had the most effect on poultry manure where it increased pH (7.8%), electrical conductivity (19.8%), total phosphorus (31%) and zinc (23.9%). Maize germination percentage in Oakleaf soil was enhanced more under cattle manure biochar (CMB) at 100 kg C ha−1, which differed ...
no clear relationship for Nepal and Vietnam. Studies from India reveal a positive association between farm size and ownership of large and small ruminants as well as poultry (GoI2006). An understanding of these socio-economic factors is crucial in formulation of livestock promotion policies and te...
During the 1940s, livestock such as poultry was kept in the backyard, hidden away from the health inspec- tors, as the then-urban planning policies disapproved of livestock keeping in urban areas (Rogerson, 1993). Keeping livestock in urban land has always been criti- cized because ...
Thus, households were classified according to whether they owned one or more of the following: poultry (chicken, ducks and/or other birds), pigs, small ruminants (sheep and/or goats) and cattle (cows, heifers, bulls and/or oxen). Other animals, such as camels, donkeys and horses, were...
The paper gives the results of a biannual questionnaire the information from which can often be used for short-term planning, it covers 5,000 farms. These results of the November 1977 enquiry show a declining profitability for pig-farming because of increases in fodder prices. In 11% of ...
In INTEGRATOR, the total N excreted was calculated by multiplying the number of animals at the NCU level with N excretion rates per animal per country for eight animal categories (dairy cows, other cows, pigs, laying hens, other poultry, sheep and goats, horses and fur animals). A division...
Overall, there were three main limitations to our use of the survey data. First, the 2017 livestock survey did not collect data on the ownership of donkeys, camels, or poultry, and therefore, the survey under-estimated the total household livestock ownership. Camels were particularly important in...
Thus, households were classified according to whether they owned one or more of the following: poultry (chicken, ducks and/or other birds), pigs, small ruminants (sheep and/or goats) and cattle (cows, heifers, bulls and/or oxen). Other animals, such as camels, donkeys and horses, were...
Biochar from livestock manures were examined in Oakleaf and Tukulu soils. Pyrolysis had the most effect on poultry manure where it increased pH (7.8%), electrical conductivity (19.8%), total phosphorus (31%) and zinc (23.9%). Maize germination percentage in Oakleaf soil was enhanced more ...