Trade-offs and synergies associated with maize leaf stripping within crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana

Adam M. Komarek, Nurudeen Abdul Rahman, Arkadeep Bandyopadhyay, Fred Kizito, Jawoo Koo and Weseh Addah

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 193, issue C

Abstract: The accessibility and availability of forages is a common concern in crop-livestock systems in West Africa; however, options to increase forage production may entail trade-offs within the farm system that can be challenging to quantify explicitly.

Keywords: Ghana; Labour; Leaf stripping; Maize; Sheep; Sustainable intensification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103206

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