A comparison between urban livestock production strategies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria in West Africa

We undertook a comparative analysis of (peri-)urban livestock production strategies across three West African cities. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, livestock-keeping households (HH) were interviewed in Kano/Nigeria (84 HH), Bobo Dioulasso/Burkina Faso (63 HH) and Sikasso/Mali (63 HH). Quest...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tropical animal health and production 2012-10, Vol.44 (7), p.1631-1642
Hauptverfasser:	Amadou, Hamadoun, Dossa, Luc Hippolyte, Lompo, Désiré Jean-Pascal, Abdulkadir, Aisha, Schlecht, Eva
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adoption agriculture animal feeding Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry - economics Animal Husbandry - methods animal manure management Animal manures Animals area Biomedical and Life Sciences bran Burkina Faso Cakes Cattle Cattle feeds Cereals Chickens Cities cottonseed cake crisis Crop residues economics farmers Feeding feeds field crops gardens goats Grain Grasses Grazing Head herd size Households ingredients Inventories Life Sciences literacy Livestock Livestock production Mali management Manure methods Nigeria Original Research Poultry Poultry feed prices questionnaires Ruminantia sheep small cereal grains Socioeconomic Factors Supplementation Surveys and Questionnaires systems technology Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:	We undertook a comparative analysis of (peri-)urban livestock production strategies across three West African cities. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, livestock-keeping households (HH) were interviewed in Kano/Nigeria (84 HH), Bobo Dioulasso/Burkina Faso (63 HH) and Sikasso/Mali (63 HH). Questions covered livestock species kept, herd sizes and structure, feeds used, manure management, livestock marketing and production constraints. Sheep and goats dominated ( p
ISSN:	0049-4747 1573-7438
DOI:	10.1007/s11250-012-0118-0