Description: Intensification of Livestock Production Systems in the North West Region of Cameroon : A South-to-South Collaboration for Technology Transfer, The Tugi Silvopastoral Project

Intensification of Livestock Production Systems in the North West Region of Cameroon : A South-to-South Collaboration for Technology Transfer, The Tugi Silvopastoral Project

The Tugi Silvo-pastoral Project (TUSIP) is a South-South Cooperation between the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) based in Costa Rica (www.catie.ac.cr) and the Akwi Memorial Foundation (AMF) based in the North West...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACACIA AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL BY-PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AMINO ACIDS ANIMAL ANIMAL DISEASES ANIMAL FEED ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL INVENTORY ANIMAL PERFORMANCE ANIMAL PRODUCT ANIMAL PRODUCTIVITY ANIMAL PROTEIN ANIMALS AVOCADOS BAMBOO BEANS BEEF BIODIVERSITY BIOMASS BOOSTER BURNING CARBON SEQUESTRATION CASSAVA CATION EXCHANGE CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY CATTLE CATTLE GRAZING CATTLE PRODUCTION CGIAR CGIAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS CHEMICAL HERBICIDES CHICK CIP CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE COFFEE COMMUNAL LAND CONSERVATION CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORAL COWS CROP CROP LAND CROP PRODUCTION CROP-LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION CROP-LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS CROPLAND CROPLANDS CROPS CRUDE PROTEIN DEFORESTATION DEGRADED LANDS DEGRADED PASTURES DESERTIFICATION DIET DRY MATTER DRY SEASON DRY SEASONS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ECOSYSTEMS ENCROACHMENT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHNICITY EXTENSION FAMILY FARMS FARM FARM PRODUCE FARMER FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMLAND FARMS FEEDING FEEDING ANIMALS FENCE FENCED FENCES FENCING FERNS FERTILITY STATUS FERTILIZERS FIELD ACTIVITIES FIELD ASSISTANTS FIELD WORK FISH FODDER FODDER BANKS FOOD CROPS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FORAGE FORAGE SPECIES FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESERVE FORESTRY FORESTS FRESH MEAT FRUIT PRODUCTION FRUIT TREES FRUITS GENDER GENOTYPES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM GERMPLASM GLIRICIDIA GLOBAL WARMING GOATS GRAINS GRASS SPECIES GRASSES GRAZING GRAZING ANIMALS GRAZING AREA GRAZING LANDS GRAZING MANAGEMENT GRAZING SYSTEMS GREENHOUSE GASES HAND WEEDING HARVEST HARVESTING HAY HERBACEOUS SPECIES HERBICIDE HERDERS HORSES HUMAN SETTLEMENT ICRAF IFAD ILRI INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER ISSUES LAND DEGRADATION LAND RESOURCES LEGUMES LITTER LIVE WEIGHT LIVE WEIGHT GAIN LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES LIVESTOCK COMPONENTS LIVESTOCK DENSITY LIVESTOCK FARMER LIVESTOCK FARMERS LIVESTOCK FARMS LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION LIVESTOCK KEEPERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVESTOCK RESEARCH LIVESTOCK SYSTEM LOSS OF NUTRIENTS MAIZE MANURE MANURE PRODUCTION MARKETING MEAT MECHANICAL WEEDING METHANE MILK MOUNTAINS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NGOS NITROGEN FIXATION NOMADIC PASTORALISM ORGANIC MATTER OVERGRAZING PARASITES PASTORAL SYSTEM PASTURE PASTURE AVAILABILITY PASTURE MANAGEMENT PASTURES PESTICIDES PIGS PILOT FARMS PLANT PLANTAIN PLANTING PLANTING MATERIALS POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR SOIL FERTILITY POTATO POTATOES PRODUCT QUALITY RAINFALL RICH FERTILIZER ROADS ROOTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POPULATION SEA LEVEL SEED SEED BANKS SEED GERMINATION SEED PRODUCERS SEED PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SEEDS SHEEP SHIFTING CULTIVATION SHRUBS SILAGE SISAL SMALL RUMINANTS SOIL ANALYSIS SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL IMPROVEMENT SOILS SOWING STOCKING RATE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SWEET POTATOES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TILLAGE TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS TRANSHUMANCE TRANSPLANTING TREE TREES TROPICAL AGRICULTURE TUBERS USAID USE OF FIRE VEGETABLES VEGETATION VEGETATION ANALYSIS VEGETATION COVER VEGETATIVE GROWTH VILLAGES WEED CONTROL WEEDS WOODY PERENNIALS YAMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16496156/intensification-livestock-production-systems-north-west-region-cameroon-south-to-south-collaboration-technology-transfer-tugi-silvopastoral-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12653

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Summary:	The Tugi Silvo-pastoral Project (TUSIP) is a South-South Cooperation between the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) based in Costa Rica (www.catie.ac.cr) and the Akwi Memorial Foundation (AMF) based in the North West Region of Cameroon. The main goal of TUSIP was to assess the environmental benefits of a set of silvo-pastoral practices and to empower traditional livestock farmers in Tugi Village by enhancing their capability to manage available crop-animal systems and natural resources in a sustainable manner. TUSIP made efforts in the rehabilitation of degraded pasturelands to ensure adequate year-round availability of forages to increase animal productivity in a sustainable manner, consequently contributing to improving the livelihoods of rural families who depend on livestock activities in Tugi. The project put emphasis on (1) modifying the traditional crop-livestock systems through the implementation of silvo-pastoral options, which helped to diversify income sources, and (2) improving soil fertility, while (3) restoring ecosystem services that were affected by the change in land use from forests to degraded pastures. The project applied participatory methodologies to build the capability of the Tugi population to replicate the technological innovations introduced by TUSIP.

Intensification of Livestock Production Systems in the North West Region of Cameroon : A South-to-South Collaboration for Technology Transfer, The Tugi Silvopastoral Project

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