Publications (from 2020 onwards)

2022

Provost, J., Rosera, G., Brümmer, B., Schlecht, E. 2022. To sell, not to sell, or to quit: Exploring milk producers' approaches after a supply chain disruption in Northwest Cameroon. World Development 150, 105709. DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105709

2021

Ali A.I.M., Wassie S.E., Joergensen R.G., Korir D., Goopy J.P., Butterbach-Bahl K., Merbold L., Dickhoefer U., Schlecht E. 2021. Feed quality and feeding level effects on faecal composition in East African cattle farming systems. Animals 11(2), 564. DOI 10.3390/ani11020564

Alqaisi O., Schlecht E. 2021. Feeding models to optimize dairy feed rations in view of feed availability, feed prices and milk production scenarios. Sustainability 13, 215. DOI 10.3390/su13010215

Amprako L., Karg H., Roessler R., Provost J., Akoto-Danso E.K., Sidibe S., Buerkert A. 2021. Vehicular livestock mobility in West Africa: Seasonal traffic flows of cattle, sheep, and goats across Bamako. Sustainability 13, 171. DOI 10.3390/su13010171

Andriamparany J.N., Hänke H., Schlecht E. 2021. Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping. Food Security. DOI 10.1007/s12571-021-01153-z

Buerkert A., Dix B.A., Al Rahawi M.N., Schlecht E. 2021. Agro-ecological landuse transformation in oasis systems of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, northern Oman. Scientific Reports 11, 7709. DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-85515-9

Dickhoefer U., Ramadhan M.R., Apenburg S., Buerkert A., Schlecht E. 2021. Effects of mild water restriction on nutrient digestion and protein metabolism in desert-adapted goats. Small Ruminant Research 204, 106500. DOI 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2021.106500

Diogo R.V.C., Dossa L.H., Vanvanhossou S.F.U., Abdoulaye B.D., Dosseh K.H., Houinato M., Schlecht E., Buerkert A. 2021. Farmers’ and herders’ perceptions on rangeland management in two agroecological zones of Benin. Land 10(4), 425. DOI 10.3390/land10040425

Mohammed A., Dei H.K., Addah W., Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2021. Nutrient metabolisability of treated false yam (Icacina oliviformis) seed meal for broiler chickens. Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development 7(3), 38-47. DOI 10.47881/298.967x

Olufemi A., Susenbeth A., Adeniyi A.J., Amos O.F., Schlecht E. 2021. Feed value of processed and enzyme supplemented cassava peel in growing pigs. Egyptian Journal of Animal Production 58(1), 35-45. 10.21608/ejap.2021.46306.1005

Pinto A., May K., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Malik P.K., Roessler R., Schlecht E., König S. 2021. Gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria spp. infections in dairy cattle along a rural-urban gradient. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 25, 100600. DOI 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100600

Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Malik P.K., Schlecht E., König S. 2021. Dairy farms in an urbanising environment: Tradeoffs between productivity and animal welfare. In: Hoffmann E., Buerkert A., von Cramon-Taubadel S., Umesh K.B., Pethandlahalli Shivaraj P., Vazhacharickal P.J. (eds). The Rural-Urban Interface. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-79972-4_10

Ramadhan M.R., Schlecht E., Dickhoefer U., Mahgoub O., Joergensen R.G. 2021. Feed digestibility, digesta passage and faecal microbial biomass in desert-adapted goats exposed to milk water restriction. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 00, 1-12. DOI 10.1111/jpn.13597

Reichenbach M., Pinto A., König S., Bhatta R., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy production in an urbanizing environment—Typology and linkages in the megacity of Bengaluru, India. PLoS ONE 16(8), e0255791. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0255791

Reichenbach M., Pinto A., Malik P.K., Bhatta R., König S., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy feed efficiency and urbanization – A system approach in the rural-urban interface of Bengaluru, India. Livestock Science, 253, 104718. DOI 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104718

Reichenbach M., Pinto A., König S., Bhatta R., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy Production in an Urbanising Environment: A Social-Ecological Approach to Understand the Case of Bengaluru. In: Hoffmann E., Buerkert A., von Cramon-Taubadel S., Umesh K.B., Pethandlahalli Shivaraj P., Vazhacharickal P.J. (eds). The Rural-Urban Interface. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-79972-4_5

Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2021. Application of the laser methane detector for measurements in freely grazing goats: impact on animals' behaviour and methane emissions. Animal 15(1), 100070. DOI 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100070

2020

Buerkert A., Schlecht, E. 2020. Toward sustainable intensification of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 7(4), 401-405. DOI 10.15302/J-FASE-2020341

Feldt T., Karg H., Kadaouré I., Bessert L., Schlecht E. 2020. Growing struggle over rising demand: how land use change and complex farmer-grazier conflicts impact grazing management in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Land use Policy 95, 104579. DOI 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104579

Goopy J., Korir D., Pelster D., Ali A., Wassie S., Schlecht E., Butterbach-Bahl K. 2020. Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-8. DOI 10.1017/S0007114519003350

Houessou S.O., Dossa L.H., Assogba C.A., Diogo R.V.C., Vanvanhossou S.F.U., Schlecht E. 2020. The role of cross-border transhumance in influencing resident herders’ cattle husbandry practices and use of genetic resources. Animal (online); DOI 10.1017/S1751731120001378

Kunz S., Hänke H., Schlecht E. 2020. Income diversification trough animal husbandry for smallholder vanilla farmers in Madagascar. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 121, 63–75. DOI 10.17170/kobra-202004061143
Mohammed A., Dei H.K., Wesseh A., Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2020. Processed false yam seed meals in broiler chicken diets: effects on feed preference and apparent nutrient digestibility. Tropical Animal Health and Production 52(6), 3621-3629. DOI 10.1007/s11250-020-02399-z

Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Bhatta R., Malik P.K., Schlecht E., König S. 2020. Enteric methane emissions of dairy cattle considering breed composition, pasture management, housing conditions and feeding characteristics along a rural-urban gradient in a rising megacity. Agriculture 10(12), 628. DOI 10.3390/agriculture10120628

Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Bhatta R., Schlecht E., König S. 2020. Phenotypic dairy cattle trait expressions in dependency of social-ecological characteristics along rural–urban gradients. Sustainability 12(21), 9021. DOI 10.3390/su1221902

Sarambé C., Kaboré M.-L., Zampaligré N., Roessler R., Sangaré M. 2020. Forage biomass availability, species diversity and seasonal variation in grazing behaviour of cattle in the outskirts of Ouagadougou. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 121(2), 185-194. DOI 10.17170/kobra-202007291510

Schlecht E., Turner M.D., Hülsebusch C.G., Büerkert A. 2020. Managing rangelands without herding? Insights from Africa and beyond. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4, 549954. DOI 10.3389/fsufs.2020.549954