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! Agriculture and Forestry Research, Special Issue No 362 (Braunschweig, 2012) ISSN 0376-0723<br />

Download: www.vti.bund.de/en/startseite/vti-publications/landbauforschung-special-issues.html<br />

<strong>Organic</strong> grazing systems in wet areas ............................................................................................ 82!<br />

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OLANITE JIMOH ALAO, DELE PETER ANIWE AND ARIGBEDE OLUWASANMI MOSES<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> animal manure and harvest interval on <strong>the</strong> growth, dry matter yield and<br />

nutritive quality <strong>of</strong> three grasses at Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria ................................................ 83<br />

URBANO G. P. DE ABREU, THIAGO B. DE CARVALHO, GABRIELA G. RIBEIRO,<br />

SÉRGIO DE ZEN, ANDRÉ S. MORAES, IVENS DOMINGOS<br />

Production cost <strong>of</strong> organic beef cattle production system in Pantanal – Brazil ............................ 88<br />

EVA SALOMON , KARL-IVAR KUMM , LENA LIDFORS, KRISTINA LINDGREN,<br />

GUNNAR TORSTENSSON<br />

A rotational winter grazing system for beef cattle – production costs in relation to<br />

animal welfare, working environment and environmental impact ................................................. 93<br />

OLUSEGUN OLADIPO SANSI, JOLADE SANSI<br />

A comparative analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conventional beef export outputs from<br />

Subsaharan African countries and beef outputs from organic beef exporting<br />

developing countries. ...................................................................................................................... 97<br />

ERIC ANDREW MEILI<br />

Performance and efficiency <strong>of</strong> organic low input pasture beef production ................................. 100<br />

<strong>Organic</strong> grazing systems in dry areas .......................................................................................... 102!<br />

ILSE KÖHLER-ROLLEFSON, RAZIQ KAKAR, KAMAL KISHORE, HANWANT SINGH RATHORE,<br />

JACOB WANYAMA<br />

The Ark <strong>of</strong> Livestock Biodiversity ............................................................................................... 103<br />

VISHNU SHARMA & SANJITA SHARMA<br />

Linking nomadic and marginal livestock keepers in organized organic system:<br />

cost effective production module ................................................................................................. 107<br />

JUDITH ISELE, FRANZ EKKEHARD KÜLBS<br />

<strong>Tackling</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>challenges</strong> <strong>of</strong> organic livestock production in Namibia with <strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong><br />

Holistic Management ............................................................................................................... 108<br />

OLADAPO A. FASAE AND MICHAEL ADELEGAN<br />

Effect <strong>of</strong> wilted cassava foliage supplementation on <strong>the</strong> growth and<br />

parasitic infestation in village managed goats in Nigeria ............................................................. 113<br />

ABDULRAZZAQ ABDULHAMEED ABDULLAH AL-RAWI, SADALLA MOHAMED SALEH<br />

Characterization <strong>of</strong> sheep management system in Dohuk (Iraq) ................................................. 117<br />

JALAL ELIYA SHAMOON ALKASS<br />

Performance <strong>of</strong> Black and Meriz goats raised on pasture conditions in<br />

Kurdistan region <strong>of</strong> Iraq ............................................................................................................... 121<br />

GORAN MOHAMMAD KARIM, ABDULRAZZAQ ABDULHAMEED ABDULLAH AL-RAWI<br />

Fokus on sheep flocks management in Sulaimani (Iraq) ............................................................. 124<br />

Improving health and welfare in organic animal husbandry ................................................... 128!<br />

JAN BRINKMANN, SOLVEIG MARCH, CHRISTOPH WINCKLER<br />

‘Stable Schools’ to promote animal health in organic dairy farming -<br />

First results <strong>of</strong> a pilot study in Germany ...................................................................................... 129<br />

CHRISTOPHE NOTZ, ARIANE MAESCHLI, PAMELA STAEHLI, MICHAEL WALKENHORST,<br />

PETER KLOCKE, SILVIA IVEMEYER<br />

Feed no Food - influence <strong>of</strong> minimized concentrate feeding on animal health and<br />

performance <strong>of</strong> Swiss organic dairy cows, ................................................................................... 133

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