Projektnummer

0055050

Zusammenfassung

Livestock is an important component of West African urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA). During the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in UPA in West Africa and in its contribution to food security and livelihoods. However, most recently conducted problem-driven research has addressed vegetable production and focused on nutrient leaching, crop uptake of heavy metals and food safety, while the animal husbandry component of UPA has been largely neglected. The current project focuses instead on the animal production component of UPA systems and its often weak linkages ...