@techreport{icrisat7194, publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics}, institution = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics}, address = {Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India}, year = {1980}, type = {Technical Report}, title = {Manure use in two villages of central upper Volta}, author = {A Bonkian}, keywords = {Manure use, Villages, Central upper volta, Ouagadougou}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/7194/}, abstract = {In order to estimate minted crop production budgets under farmers' conditions in central Upper Volta, the ICRISAT West Africa Economics Program undertook a farm-management study in 1980 at Nakamtenga and Nabitenga, two villages 35 kilometers (km) northeast of Ouagadougou (see Matlon 1980a and Matlon 1980b for a description of the general objectives of the study). In the course of the study, it was observed that farmers used various types of animal manures--pig, sheep, goat, cattle, donkey, chicken--in their Nelda. As a management practice with potentially important effects on productivity, manure use seemed to warrant a more detailed analysis. } }