03747nam a2200445 4500 20260818153601.0 th eng .b11699322 AIT Thesis no.AS-97-21 Mamicpic, May Ann E. Livestock in natural vegetative strips (NVS) and Gmelina cropping systems Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 108 leaves Thesis ; no. AS-97-21 A thesis submitted in pa11ial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1997 A survey of the natural vegetative strips (NVS) alley cropping and Gmelina arborea block planting adopters was conducted to characterize the livestock component of the systems. As the NVS farm area extends, the number of animals raised also increases to suppo1t draft power requirement. The number of livestock decreases with increasing Gmelina parcel size because bigger plantations belong to growers primarily involved in off-farm employment thus do not need draft animals. Natural vegetation is the major livestock feed supplemented by corn stover following the harvest season. The animals are tethered on grazing areas and under Gmelina stand but only after the trees reached 2 years. Manure application is not practiced due to limited labor. Inadequate milk production results from deficient diet and stress from fieldwork. One animal works an average total of 150 days per year, on and off farm. Hauling and transpo1t accounted for 42% of the total work. Based on a bioeconomic analysis using SCUAF linked to an economic spreadsheet, a hectare of NVS cropping can only supp01t 1.2 au recycling 22 kg N from manure. But the addition of animal to an NVS system resulted to higher economic returns through the draft and transp01t services and the gain in animal inventory. The animal production potential in a Gmelina plantation is relatively low supporting 0.6 au/ha. This however compensates for the negative returns during the early stages of tree growing. Improvement of the systems depends on the identification and integration of appropriate forage species. Gmelina arborea Livestock systems Tinsley, Richard L., Chairperson Sununtar Setboonsarng, Examination committee Lantican, Celso B., Examination Committee Little, David C., Examination Committee Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AS-97-21 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13945 .b11699322 mnait y 250317 0 980323 m a y 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050120695944 CREATED : 1996-10-24 RECORD # : i12058816 LPATRON : 1011523 LCHKIN : 2003-04-07 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 2 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120695977 CREATED : 1996-10-24 RECORD # : i12058828 LPATRON : 1010678 LCHKIN : 1998-06-20 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 7 TOT RENEW : 1 Barcode : 30050120358915 CREATED : 2016-09-06 RECORD # : i13027001 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121069065 CREATED : 2023-05-09 RECORD # : i13463159 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 70094 70094 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-97-21 30050120695944 2026-08-18 15:36:01 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-97-21 30050120695977 2026-08-18 15:36:01 2 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-97-21 30050120358915 2026-08-18 15:36:01 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.AS-97-21 30050121069065 2026-08-18 15:36:01 3 2026-08-18 20