Conservation agriculture (CA)—the simultaneous application of minimum soil disturbance,
crop residue retention, and crop diversification—is a key approach to address declining soil …

Domestic herbivores have been closely associated with the historical evolution and
development of agriculture systems worldwide as a complementary system for providing …

The failure of the majority of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to take advantage of agricultural
technologies and economic opportunities in the livestock sector remains an unresolved …

Livestock production is central to the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in low-and middle-
income countries, but livestock are often poorly fed which limits their potential for reducing …

The objectives of the study were to describe the concept of the integrated farming system,
the importance of integrated farming system development, and the integrated farming …

Purpose Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) can foster agroecological transitions.
However, knowledge on how extension services influence such systems is still lacking. The …

In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop
residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming …

Increasing food production is essential to meet the future food demand of a growing world
population. In light of pressing sustainability challenges such as climate change and the …

The African continent is home to diverse populations of livestock breeds adapted to harsh
environmental conditions with more than 70% under traditional systems of management …

Simple Summary Quality supplementation of roughage-based cattle diets is recommended
to improve the animals' production in tropical regions. We tested the effects of two widely …