Farmers in Ghanaian have estimated a 50 - 200 percent increase in crop yield. This increase falls under an innovative project that connects crop and small ruminants for sustainable production. The techniques involved in the management of sheep and goat integration in to the crop production has strongly affected the production of livestock. This innovative project is called ‘Sustainable Intensification of Integrated Crop-Small Ruminant Production Systems in West Africa’ and it is coordinated by Ghana’s Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The researchers at the Research Institute "are looking at legumes – cowpeas and groundnuts – as the main entry point to improve the productivity of the crop-sheep and goat system and we believe that this is a strategy that can quickly increase food security and also reduce poverty among our farmers”. Furthermore they are looking "at integrated nutrient management and the integration involves the use of manure from the animals to also supplement the chemical fertilizer and when you have both the performance is better than either of them”.
To read more, please click the link provided: Farmers record yield increase under crop-small ruminant project
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