Improving Livestock Production in Africa: Evolution of ILCA's Programme 1974-94Agro-ecological zones of sub-Saharan Africa; ILCA in Africa; Important mile-stones in ILCA's history; Origins and mandate; The proposed shape of the Centre; Location of the Centre; Task forces and their reports; The early years: focus on systems descriptions; Systems research; Agro-ecological zones; Zonal research programmes; Studies in the highlands; Studies in the humid zone; Studies in the subhumid zone; Studies in the semi-arid zone; Monitoring development projects; Complementary studies; Training and information; First quinquennial review of ILCA; Systems description and component research: ILCA's programme matures; Highlands; Humid zone; Subhumid zone; Semi-arid zone; Ethiopian rangelands; Kenyan rangelands; Central research and support units; Training and information; A new focus to ILCA's research; ILCA's strategy and long-term plan; From strategy to medium-term plan; ILCA's programme, 1987-93; Cattle milk and meat thrust; Small ruminant meat and milk thrust; Animal traction thrust; Animal feed resources thrust; Trypanotolerance thrust; Livestock policy and resource use thrust; ILCA's second medium-term plan, 1994-98; Factors influencing ILCA's second medium-term plan; Developing the programme; ILCA's seven programme themes; MTP reviewed and approved; Moves towards a global livestock research institute; Livestock steering committee; Moves towards a new shape; Benefits for livestock producers world-wide. |
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accessions Addis Ababa alley farming animal production animal traction areas average breed broadbeds calf calves cattle Centre Centre's CGIAR collaboration congolense constraints consumption Côte d'Ivoire cows crop crop-livestock crossbred dairy Debre Zeit Dorper dry season economic effect Ethiopia Ethiopian highlands evaluation fallow farmers feed resources fodder banks forage legumes goats grain yield grazing herds households humid zone identified ILCA ILCA's ILRAD improved increased Institute intercropping International Kenya kg/ha lambs land legumes Leucaena livestock livestock production livestock research Maasai maize Mali meat medium-term plan milk production millet monitoring N'Dama NARS Network Nigeria nitrogen nutrition oxen policies priorities proanthocyanidins production systems programme rainfall ranches range rangelands Red Maasai semi-arid sesban Sesbania sheep showed small ruminants smallholder soil species strategies studies sub-Saharan Africa subhumid zone supplementation Task Force Thrust transhumant trials tropical trypanosome trypanosome infection trypanosomiasis trypanotolerant tsetse Vertisols vivax weaning weight