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Nitrogen Fixing
Trees for Fodder Production
Proceedings of an International Workshop, 1995
Contents
Foreword
iii
Acknowledgments
iv
Inaugural
address
ix
S.K. Dorge
Part 1. Potential of Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Fodder Production
The potential of nitrogen fixing trees in livestock
production systems
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....... 1
R.C. Gutteridge
Tree
fodder: a rich source of nutrients for animal production
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17
V. S. Upadhyay
A review of ICRAF work
with fodder trees in Africa
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24
R.T. Paterson, B.H. Dxowela, E. Akyeampong, A.I. Niang, and R.M. Otsyina
Part 2. Fodder Production with Nitrogen Fixing Trees
Management
of nitrogen fixing trees in forage forestry production systems
.
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36
A.S. Gill
Biomass
yield and nutrient turnover of six nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs in
Papua New
Guinea
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40
Bire K. Bino
Evaluation
of Gliricidia provenances based n utilization priorities
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46
I.P. Wickramasinghe and H.P.M. Gunasena
Growth
performance of nitrogen fixing trees species in Papua New Guinea
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....
55
T. Nevenimo and B. Bino
Nitrogen
fixing trees for fodder in Xieng Khouang Providence, Laos: potential and
constraints
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65
Soulivahn Novaho
A
correlation and regression study of green leaf fodder production in young
Acacia
nilotica
(L.)
under rainfed conditions
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68
N.N. Pathak, P.N. Nigam, and D.P. Nema
Part 3. Nitrogen Fixing Fodder Trees for Difficult Sites
Nitrogen
fixing fodder trees for degraded and problematic lands
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73
J.C. Dagar
Dry
matter yield and feeding value of leguminous shrub species grown in the
marginal lands
of central Sri Lanka
.
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82
A.N.F. Perera
Fodder
value of four salt-tolerant Australian Acacias
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92
N.E. Marcar
The
role of nitrogen fixing trees in forage production systems of dryland small
farmers of
East
Nusa Tenggara
.
.
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102
P.K. Mutty
Performance
of fodder trees on an entisol of Chhattisgarh Region
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110
Sunil Puri and M.N. Naugraiya
Part 4. Agroforestry Systems with Nitrogen Fixing Fodder Trees
Management
of nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry systems for fodder production
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116
A.S.
Gill, R. Deb Roy, and C.K. Bajpai
A
sustainable development program in the Philippines
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120
M.G.A. Ejercito
Agroforestry
systems with nitrogen fixing trees for sustainable fodder production in
the
drylands of Andhra Pradesh
..
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125
G. Bheemaiah, M.V.R. Subrahmanyam, and Syed Ismail
Fodder
trees species preferred by some ecological farmers in South India
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131
X.A. Francis and Mans Lanting
Integration
of nitrogen fixing trees in different farming systems of submontaneous
areas through
on-farm
applied research
.
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136
H.S. Thind, S.S. Bawa, and H.S. Sur
A
preliminary trial of mixed cropping Sesbania with groundnut in the
char lands of northeast
Bangladesh
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141
Narayan C. Basak
Fodder
production potential of leucaena hedgerows on an alfisol and a vertisol
in the semi-arid tropics
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146
G.R. Korwar
Nitrogen
fixing trees in a fodder development program in Orissa
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154
Tony Oude Hengel
Fodder
from trees in agroforestry for optimizing animal production
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...
160
P.S. Pathak
Part 5. Nutritive Value of and Feeding Trials with Nitrogen Fixing Fodder
Trees
Use
of nitrogen fixing trees as fodder for cattle in Sri Lanka
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161
M. de S. Liyanage
Comparison
of groundnut hay, sesame seed cake, Leucaena leucocephala, and Gliricidia
sepium
as
protein sources for rams
.
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170
Omar NJai
Pods of leguminous trees
for cattle feed in Zambia
.
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181
Roland Lesseps and Tapson Chipanda
The
role of fodder trees in agroforestry systems in Venezuela
.......................
187
Eduardo Escalamte
A
study on the growth of Deccani lambs fed on leguminous tree lopping and
pods
...................... 193
R.B. Walujkar, M.S. Deshpande, and D.G. Ramashe
Invitro
digestibility and nutritive value of the leaves of native, naturalized,
and recently introduced
tree
species to Jamaica
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196
J.M. Roshetko, D.O. Lantagne, and M.A. Gold
Potential
use of leguminous tree leaves as forage in Bangladesh
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205
M.R. Alam
Part 6. Genetic Improvement of Nitrogen Fixing Fodder Trees
Genetic
improvement of introduced nitrogen fixing trees for fodder
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212
J.L. Stewart
Genetic
improvement of Prosopis cineraria
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227
K.R. Solanki
Evaluation
of Leucaena species for biomass production and psyllid resistance
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234
H.P.M. Gunasena, A.J. Simons, and I.P. Wickramasinghe
Part 7. Overview of Nitrogen
Fixing Trees
Nitrogen
fixing trees species research
.
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244
D.N. Tewari
Workshop
participants
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257