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Save and Grow Farming Systems Fact Sheet - 5

Year of publication 2016

Pages 2p.

Author G. Thomas

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The fifth fact sheet in the Save and Grow series presents the key points of maize-livestock systems, with a focus on the Brachiaria forage grass, and discusses the increased livestock production that results from intercropping and direct-seeding, mulch-based cropping systems.

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