Schlecht, Eva

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1069"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1080"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","51"],["dc.contributor.author","Tariq, Muhammad"],["dc.contributor.author","Hagmann, Joerg"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Younas, Muhammad"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, E."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:31:36Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:31:36Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Qualitative and semi-quantitative data from 139 interviews with farmers in Faisalabad, Pakistan, was subjected to cluster analysis to identify homogenous groups of farms regarding production strategies, milk yields and marketing. Four distinct production systems were identified. Semi-commercial smallholder-mixed systems (SSM; 31%) combined crop and livestock production, and fodder was primarily produced for own livestock. Semi-commercial smallholder dairy producers (SSD; 21.6%) had few buffaloes and cattle and low income. Commercial smallholder dairy producers (CSD; 37.4%) were mostly well-off and produced substantial quantities of milk year-round. Commercial large-holder dairy farms (CLD; 10%) showed the highest input and output levels. In all systems, most of the produced milk was sold in the increasing order of percentage (SSM: 69%, SSD: 69%, CSD: 87%; CLD: 94%). Negligence in breeding, wastage of high yielding buffaloes, high costs of feedstuffs, an unfavorable marketing system and lack of a diversified dairy value chain were the main constraints for all production systems. Improving efficiency of the resources usage; especially with respect to animal genetics and nutrition, should be encouraged in dairy farmers of Faisalabad as well as other major cities in Pakistan to produce milk upto the maximum potential of their animals. This could satisfy the need of milk production for sale, serving both the increasing urban demand for milk, as well as income generation for the farmers. To this end farmers' endeavors must be supported by initiatives from government and private bodies."],["dc.identifier.isi","000349562000038"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/31566"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Univ Agriculture, Fac Veterinary Science"],["dc.relation.issn","2076-0906"],["dc.relation.issn","0552-9034"],["dc.title","STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DAIRY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN AS BASIS FOR THEIR EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","197"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Landscape and Urban Planning"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","206"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","102"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Abdulkadir, Aisha"],["dc.contributor.author","Amadou, Hamadoun"],["dc.contributor.author","Sangare, Sheick"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:53:00Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:53:00Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","Developing appropriate and innovative technologies and policies to respond to the challenges that urban and pen-urban agriculture (UPA) faces in West Africa requires a better understanding of the existing production systems. Although there is an increasing recognition of the importance of UPA in the region, its extent, forms and related practices may vary across countries and cities because of different socioeconomic conditions and urbanization patterns. A systematic classification of the regional UPA systems is lacking but is necessary to allow for meaningful comparisons between cities and avoid misleading generalizations. The purpose of this study was to develop a typology of UPA households across three selected West African cities. Survey data from 318 UPA households (Kano: 99, Bobo Dioulasso: 111, Sikasso: 108) were submitted to principal components analysis for categorical variables (CATPCA). Next, the Two-Step cluster method was used to classify the households using object scores obtained from the CATPCA. Diversification of farm activities, farm resource endowment and production orientation were the major discriminating variables. In each city, four distinct UPA systems were identified, of which three were common to Kano, Bobo Dioulasso and Sikasso: commercial gardening plus field crops and livestock (59%, 18%, and 37%), commercial livestock plus subsistence field cropping (14%, 41%, and 7%), and commercial gardening plus semi-commercial field cropping (14%, 28%, and 30%). The fourth group was different at each location and was characterized as follows: commercial gardening plus semi-commercial livestock in Kano (13%), commercial field cropping in Bobo Dioulasso (13%) and commercial gardening in Sikasso (26%). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Volkswagen Stiftung, Hannover, Germany"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.04.005"],["dc.identifier.isi","000293422200006"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/22300"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Bv"],["dc.relation.issn","0169-2046"],["dc.title","Exploring the diversity of urban and pen-urban agricultural systems in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: An attempt towards a regional typology"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","281"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","SpringerPlus"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","4"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Sangare, Mamadou"],["dc.contributor.author","Buerkert, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:55:48Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:55:48Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","To better understand the relative importance of the multi-purpose functions of small ruminants for their urban owners and related breeding practices including selection criteria, we undertook a comparative analysis across the West African cities of Kano (Nigeria), Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) and Sikasso (Mali). Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect the required information from 301 sheep farmers (100, 102 and 99 in Kano, Bobo Dioulasso and Sikasso) and 306 goat farmers (100, 99 and 107 in Kano, Bobo Dioulasso and Sikasso). Sheep and goats were kept for a variety of reasons including income generation, insurance (sale for cash to meet unexpected expenditures) and economic security (sale for cash to support foreseeable expenses), social/religious functions and prestige in ownership. The relative importance given by respondents to the different functions varied significantly (p < 0.001) across cities and between species within a city. However, irrespective of city, both species were primarily kept for their financial functions whereby sheep were perceived as having higher economic value. Although breeding practices were very similar in many respects (low practice of castration, culling and replacement strategies, uncontrolled mating, no record keeping and selection criteria), the emphasis put on each selection criteria varied across cities and between species. Irrespective of city, most of the goats were of the indigenous type while keeping crossbred animals and/or maintaining more than one genotype in the same flock was more commonly practiced by sheep keepers. This points to a higher motivation for strategic breeding among sheep than goat keepers and indicates that the former might be interested in joining carefully designed participatory flock improvement programs."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s40064-015-1075-7"],["dc.identifier.isi","000359261200004"],["dc.identifier.pmid","26101733"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11969"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/36828"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","2193-1801"],["dc.rights.access","openAccess"],["dc.title","Production objectives and breeding practices of urban goat and sheep keepers in West Africa: regional analysis and implications for the development of supportive breeding programs"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","769"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Regional Environmental Change"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","783"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","14"],["dc.contributor.author","Zampaligre, Nouhoun"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:42:17Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:42:17Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Due to the dependence of its economy on rainfed agriculture and livestock husbandry, Burkina Faso, like other Sahelian countries, is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Adaptation is needed to counteract anticipated drawbacks of climate change on crop and livestock productivity; therefore, we examined climate change perceptions of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists and analysed their adaptation strategies. To this end, focus group discussions were held in six villages distributed across three agro-ecological zones. In three of these sites, 162 farmers were also individually interviewed. Perceptions of farmers were compared to actual trends of different climatic parameters extracted from official long-term meteorological records (1988-2008). Results showed that farmers in Burkina Faso were partly aware of climate change, particularly of changes in temperature and rainfall patterns, but their perception did not match well with the recorded annual rainfall data in the southern Sahelian and Sudanian zones. The most important adaptation strategies mentioned by agro-pastoralists were crop diversification, combination of cropping and livestock operations, use of water harvesting technologies and anti-erosive measures such as half-moons or stone dikes. Strategies of pastoralists included seasonal, annual and permanent migration and taking up of cereal cropping. Logistic regression analysis indicated that agro-ecological zone, cultivated surface, ruminant herd size, household size and education were the most important variables affecting farmers' choice of adaptation strategies. These factors should be taken into account in the development and implementation of any programme of adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10113-013-0532-5"],["dc.identifier.isi","000333267700026"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/33920"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.publisher.place","Heidelberg"],["dc.relation.issn","1436-378X"],["dc.relation.issn","1436-3798"],["dc.title","Climate change and variability: perception and adaptation strategies of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across different zones of Burkina Faso"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","e0222756"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS One"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","14"],["dc.contributor.author","Houessou, Sandrine O."],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Diogo, Rodrigue Vivien Cao"],["dc.contributor.author","Ahozonlin, Maurice Cossi"],["dc.contributor.author","Dahouda, Mahamadou"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.contributor.editor","Loor, Juan J."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:42:10Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:42:10Z"],["dc.date.issued","2019"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0222756"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1932-6203"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/17207"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/77835"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Confronting pastoralists’ knowledge of cattle breeds raised in the extensive production systems of Benin with multivariate analyses of morphological traits"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","401"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Land Use Policy"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","411"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","48"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Sangare, Mamadou"],["dc.contributor.author","Buerkert, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:49:55Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:49:55Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Little is known about the classification of urban and pen-urban cattle farming systems in West Africa. To contribute to filling this knowledge gap, we conducted a questionnaire-based survey in 137 and 133 cattle enterprises located, respectively, within and beyond the municipal boundaries of the city of Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. Categorical principal component and two-step cluster analysis techniques were used to group the different farms. The farmer's engagement in crop production, the area of cultivated land, his experience in cattle farming, the orientation of the cattle enterprises towards fattening or milk production and the feeding mode (zero-grazing, grazing only or grazing plus supplementation), among others, were relevant differentiating factors. Overall nine distinct clusters reflecting different farming systems in the intra-urban and pen-urban areas were identified. Farm types in the intra-urban area were mainly oriented towards meat production and included intensive landless cattle fattening (n = 30; 21.9%), semi-intensive grassland-based cattle farming (n = 40; 29.2%), extensive cattle farming (n = 20, 14.6%), semi-intensive maize-cattle farming (n = 37, 27.0%) and intensive maize-cattle farming (n = 10, 7.3%). In contrast, farms in the pen-urban area were mostly oriented towards milk production and classified as semi-intensive pastoral (n = 11; 8.3%), semi-sedentary pastoral (n = 38; 28.6%), medium-scale agropastoral maize-dairy farming (n = 40, 30.1%), and small-scale agro-pastoral dairy-maize farming (n = 44; 33.1%). The intensive landless fattening enterprises seem to be most promising for the future exploitation of the growing demand of urban customers for beef, whereas small dairy herds integrated or not with crop production appear to be the most adapted to the continuously changing pen-urban environment. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Volkswagen Stiftung, Hannover, Germany [85459]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.031"],["dc.identifier.isi","000362152800034"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/35599"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Sci Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","1873-5754"],["dc.relation.issn","0264-8377"],["dc.title","Intra-urban and pen-urban differences in cattle farming systems of Burkina Faso"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","569"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Human Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","581"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","39"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Buerkert, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:50:50Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:50:50Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","This study explores the relation between household socioeconomic status (SES) and participation in urban and periurban agriculture (UPA) in three West African cities. We used a structured questionnaire to survey 700 randomly selected households: 250 in Kano, Nigeria, 250 in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, and 200 in Sikasso, Mali. Multiple correspondence analysis was applied on household asset variables to create an index of assets which was used as a proxy for household SES. The results showed no significant differences in households' rate of participation in UPA across socioeconomic groups. Participation in UPA was rather significantly (P<0.001) and positively related to household size. Interestingly, the analysis revealed that field crop cultivation and gardening were more common among households in the low and medium SES groups while those in the high SES group were more likely to keep livestock."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s10745-011-9421-z"],["dc.identifier.isi","000298231200002"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/7158"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/21784"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","0300-7839"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","Cross-Location Analysis of the Impact of Household Socioeconomic Status on Participation in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in West Africa"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","55"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Arid Environments"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","64"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","95"],["dc.contributor.author","Zampaligre, Nouhoun"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:22:14Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:22:14Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","We determined the contribution of ligneous species to the diet of cattle, sheep and goats across three agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso, and assessed their ethno-veterinary uses by livestock keepers. Regular observation and GPS-tracking of one cattle, one sheep and one goat herd each in three villages served the investigation of browsing activities on pasture. Livestock keepers (25 per village) were interviewed on the use of ligneous plants by livestock and for disease treatment, and on changes in use over the past two decades. Across the three zones 75 species were of importance. Cattle preferred Afzelia africana, Pterocarpus erinaceus and Piliostigma sp., while small ruminants primarily fed on Balanites aegyptiaca, Ziziphus mauritiana and Acacia sp. Contribution of browsing to daily eating time was highest for goats across seasons and zones; for sheep and cattle browsing was important during the hot dry season with no differences between zones. Livestock keepers reported increasing browse use by their animals, while browse species use for traditional animal health care has decreased. The combination of anthropogenic pressures and climate change affect survival and regeneration of the most preferred trees and shrubs, and threaten livestock keepers' current management practices; this needs to be counteracted adequately. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Ministry for Cooperation (BMZ)"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.03.011"],["dc.identifier.isi","000320478200007"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/29293"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","0140-1963"],["dc.title","Contribution of browse to ruminant nutrition across three agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","1001497"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","6"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Yassegoungbe, Fifame Panine; 1Ecole des Sciences et Techniques de Production Animale, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Oloukoi, David; 1Ecole des Sciences et Techniques de Production Animale, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Aoudji, Augustin K. N.; 3Ecole d'Economie, Socio-Anthropologie et Communication pour le Développement Rural, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Schlecht, Eva; 2Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte; 1Ecole des Sciences et Techniques de Production Animale, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin"],["dc.contributor.author","Yassegoungbe, Fifame Panine"],["dc.contributor.author","Oloukoi, David"],["dc.contributor.author","Aoudji, Augustin K. N."],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-11-01T10:17:22Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-11-01T10:17:22Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.date.updated","2022-11-11T13:13:23Z"],["dc.description.abstract","In sub-Saharan Africa, rapid population growth, urbanization, increasing incomes, and changing dietary preferences are the main drivers of the rising demand for livestock products, especially fresh milk and derived products. To meet this demand, there is an increasing number of dairy cattle farms in the densely populated coastal zone of Benin, where the country's largest city and commercial capital Cotonou is located. To identify and characterize the peri-urban dairy production systems in this region, 190 cattle keepers were surveyed, using the snowball sampling method, in four municipalities neighboring Cotonou. Information on their socio-economic characteristics, cattle herd sizes, and herd management practices were collected through questionnaire-based face-to-face interviews. Factor analysis of mixed data followed by hierarchical clustering on principal components, implemented in R statistical software, were applied to classify the surveyed farms into homogeneous groups. Results revealed six types of peri-urban dairy cattle farms differing mainly in their cows' breeds, herd sizes, and daily amount of milk produced. Most herds (88%) were owned by urban dwellers, mainly civil servants and traders, who entrusted the management of their cattle to hired professional herders. Irrespective of farm type, cows were of local taurine (65%) or Sahelian zebu (35%) breeds and were exclusively fed on communal natural pasture. Mineral supplementation was provided to the animals on 42% of farms, with significant variation across farm types. About 45% of the farms integrated cattle production with other agricultural activities, including coconut plantations (22%), where cow manure was used as fertilizer. The herd structure was similar across farm types, with average proportions of cows and heifers ranging from 37.6 to 47.5% and from 13.1 to 19.7%, respectively. With significant differences across farm types, the produced milk was either transformed into traditional cheese (32% of farms) or sold raw (85%). Milk and cheese sales represented 84% of the total farm income for three out of the six farm types. In the current context of rapid urbanization, communal grazing lands alone cannot provide sufficient feed to support increased milk production. In addition to improved feeding strategies, herd structure should be balanced in terms of the ratio between milk-producing and non-producing animals."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fsufs.2022.1001497"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/116794"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-605"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media S.A."],["dc.relation.eissn","2571-581X"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],["dc.title","Insights into the diversity of cow milk production systems on the fringes of coastal cities in West Africa: A case study from Benin"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1631"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","7"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Tropical Animal Health and Production"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1642"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","44"],["dc.contributor.author","Amadou, Hamadoun"],["dc.contributor.author","Dossa, Luc Hippolyte"],["dc.contributor.author","Lompo, Desire Jean-Pascal"],["dc.contributor.author","Abdulkadir, Aisha"],["dc.contributor.author","Schlecht, Eva"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:05:34Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:05:34Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","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 < 0.001) in Kano (76 and 75 % of HH) compared to Bobo Dioulasso (48 and 40 %) and Sikasso (28 and 40 %), while cattle and poultry were more frequent (p < 0.001) in Bobo Dioulasso (82 and 69 % of HH) and Sikasso (65 and 79 %) than in Kano (29 and 20 %). Across cities, ruminant feeding relied on grazing and homestead supplementation with fresh grasses, crop residues, cereal brans and cottonseed cake; cereal grains and brans were major ingredients of poultry feeds. Cattle and sheep fetched highest prices in Kano, unit prices for goats and chicken were highest in Sikasso. Across cities there was little association of gardens and livestock, whereas field cropping and livestock were integrated. There was no relation between the education of the HH head and the adoption of improved management practices (p > 0.05), but the proportion of HH heads with a long-term experience in UPA activities was higher in Kano and in Bobo Dioulasso than in Sikasso (p < 0.001). We therefore postulate that the high illiteracy rate among (peri-)urban livestock keepers in West Africa does not threaten the acceptance of improved technologies and innovations supporting the sustainability of their livestock production."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Volkswagen Stiftung, Hannover, Germany under the \"UrbanFood\" [I/82 189]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s11250-012-0118-0"],["dc.identifier.isi","000308359100045"],["dc.identifier.pmid","22430479"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/8869"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/25353"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","0049-4747"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","A comparison between urban livestock production strategies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria in West Africa"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]