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Identifying Recommendation Domains for Targeting Dual-purpose Maize-based Interventions in Crop-livestock Systems in East Africa

Authors

An Notenbaerta, Mario Herreroa, Hugo De Grooteb, Liang Youc, Ernesto Gonzalez-Estradaa, Michael Blummela

Publisher

Land Use Policy

Publication date

Mon, 12/31/2012 - 20:00

Location

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837712001214

Source / Citation

An Notenbaert, Mario Herrero, Hugo De Groote, Liang You, Ernesto Gonzalez-Estrada, Michael Blummel, Identifying recommendation domains for targeting dual-purpose maize-based interventions in crop-livestock systems in East Africa, Land Use Policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 834-846, ISSN 0264-8377, 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.06.016.

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In the three major maize producing countries in the East African region of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, up to 44% of the dietary calorie requirements is provided by maize. It is also recognized that livestock are an essential asset of poor farmers in the mixed crop-livestocksystems in this region. One of the major constraints to their productivity is, however, feed availability. A significant proportion of this feed is sourced from maize stover. We engaged in a multi-disciplinary research of dual-purposemaize cultivars with the purpose of contributing to smallholder food security.