@article{Reynolds:183017,
      recid = {183017},
      author = {Reynolds, Len and Jabbar, Mohammad A.},
      title = {The Role of Alley Farming in African Livestock Production},
      address = {1994},
      number = {610-2016-40430},
      year = {1994},
      abstract = {The incorporation of livestock into alley farming systems,  in which food or forage crops are grown between hedges of  multipurpose trees that are regularly pruned for mulch  and/or forage, has been studied for over 10 years in  Africa. Prunings from leguminous trees such as Leucaena and  Gliricidia can be used for mulch, increasing crop yields,  but the trees may also be pruned for fodder, especially  during fallow periods. The major benefit from supplementing  the diet of free-roaming small ruminants in West Africa  with the foliage of leguminous trees is increased survival,  and the forage is best directed at late pregnant and  lactating females. In East Africa crossbred dairy cows show  a significant response in milk production to  supplementation with Leucaena. Economic analyses of  livestock production show that continuous alley farming is  more profitable than alley farming with fallow, or  conventional no-tree farming, even when the cost of  clearing trees at the end of their useful life is  included.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/183017},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.183017},
}