Research Catalog

Title

East Africa's grasses and fodders : their ecology and husbandry / Joseph G. Boonman.

Author

Boonman, Joseph G.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1993.

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Details

Description

xvii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.

Summary

"This book is based on more than 1000 references to English and French articles produced in the region over many decades. A comprehensive review of the achievements in farming and research in both wet and dryland is given, related to the grasslands of: Eastern Africa, extending from Malawi to Eritrea, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and eastern Zaire." "Sown grasses, within the time-proven system of mixed-farming based on crop-grass rotations. Fodders, e.g. Elephant grass, dryland-Sorghum, lucerne, Leucaena, tropical legumes and hay. The main objectives of the book are to illustrate the value of East African grasses and fodders for: Livestock: East Africa is the gene-centre of the world's most famous cultivated tropical grasses capable of achieving high animal performance, also without fertilizer." "Soil fertility maintenance: local farmers pioneered the practice of grass fallows with Elephant grass to restore soil fertility. This was later extended to sown grasses to accelerate the restoration process. Crop yields are doubled following pasture." "Environmental protection: priority in natural grassland is to prevent deterioration. In crop-pasture rotations grasses are effective in trapping rainfall and in reducing erosion by improved soil structure." "Topics discussed include animal manure versus fertilizer; zero versus direct grazing; fodder crops (annual and perennial) versus grass conservation; seed production and plant breeding. The main species in cultivation are described in detail."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Tasks for vegetation science ; 29

Uniform Title

Tasks for vegetation science ; 29.

Subject

• Forage plants > Africa, East
• Grasses > Africa, East
• Pastures > Africa, East
• Grassland ecology > Africa, East
• Plantes fourragères > Afrique orientale anglophone
• Graminées > Afrique orientale anglophone
• Pâturages > Afrique orientale anglophone
• Écologie des prairies > Afrique orientale anglophone
• Forage plants
• Grasses
• Grassland ecology
• Pastures
• Futterpflanzen
• Gräser
• Grünlandpflanzen
• Weide Landwirtschaft
• Plantes fourragères > Afrique orientale
• Pâturages > Afrique orientale
• Écologie des pâturages > Afrique orientale
• Africa, East
• Ostafrika
• Forage crops
• East Africa
• groenvoeders
• green fodders
• ecologie
• ecology
• gewassen
• crops
• landbouw
• agriculture
• fenologie
• phenology
• acclimatisatie
• acclimatization
• afrika
• africa
• oost-afrika
• Cyperales (Cyperaceae, Poaceae)
• Voedergewassen

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-337) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. History of Grassland Development (1900-1970) -- 3. The Grassland Environment -- 4. Husbandry of Natural Grassland -- 5. From Shifting Cultivation to Crop-grass Rotations -- 6. Species of Cultivated Grasses -- 7. The Establishment and Husbandry of Sown Grasses -- 8. Grass Seed Production in Kenya -- 9. Grass Breeding at Kitale -- 10. Legumes in Sown and Grazed Pastures -- 11. Elephantgrass as Fodder Crop -- 12. Elephantgrass Husbandry -- 13. Elephantgrass Utilization -- 14. Alternative Fodder Grasses -- 15. Grass Sorghum -- 16. Fodder Oats -- 17. Lucerne -- 18. Other (Non-graminaceous) Fodder Crops -- 19. Hay and Silage.

ISBN

• 0792318676
• 9780792318675

LCCN

92023961

OCLC

• ocm26160320
• 26160320
• SCSB-1977741

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library