Prof. Alan Duncan
Visiting Professor of Livestock & Development
- The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
- Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security
Contact details
- Tel: +44(0)131 650 6096
- Email: alan.duncan@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Alan has a PhD in livestock nutrition from University of Edinburgh. Following many years at the Macaulay Institute (now James Hutton Institute) in Edinburgh and Aberdeen he moved to Ethiopia in 2007 to work at the International Livestock Research Institute. While in Ethiopia he developed a portfolio of research for development projects on livestock systems in developing countries for major donors such as the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture. These projects involved research in many developing countries including Tanzania, Kenya, India, Vietnam, Syria and Ethiopia. As well as technical expertise in livestock nutrition Alan is interested in societal, economic and institutional barriers to improved livestock nutrition. He has developed several participatory approaches to livestock feed improvement including the widely used Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST). Alan joined the University of Edinburgh in 2017 as a joint appointee with the International Livestock Research Institute.
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Farmer perceptions of legumes and their functions in smallholder farming systems in east Africa
In:
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2019.1609166
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Role of herbivores in sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa : Role of herbivores in sustainable agriculture
In:
Animal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S175173111800174X
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Variations in seed and post-harvest residue yields and residues quality of common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) as a ruminant feedstuff
In:
Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 244, pp. 42-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2018.07.017
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Tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) leaf supplementation to enhance nutrient intake and production performance of sheep in the Ethiopian highlands
(8 pages)
In:
Tropical Animal Health and Production, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1415-1422
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1342-4
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Yield gap analyses to estimate attainable bovine milk yields and evaluate options to increase production in Ethiopia and India
In:
Agricultural systems, vol. 155, pp. 43-51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.04.007
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of integrated rainwater management approaches in the Blue Nile Basin of the Ethiopian highlands
(11 pages)
In:
Natural Resources Forum, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 244-254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12126
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Characterisation of adopters and non-adopters of dairy technologies in Ethiopia and Kenya
(10 pages)
In:
Tropical Animal Health and Production, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 681-690
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1241-8
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Crop residue allocation to livestock feed, soil improvement and other uses along a productivity gradient in Eastern Africa
In:
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 228, pp. 101-110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.05.011
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The role of irrigated fodder production to supplement the diet of fattening sheep by smallholders in southern Ethiopia
(13 pages)
In:
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 263-275
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Assessment of lifetime performance of small ruminants under different feeding systems
In:
Animal, vol. 11, no. 05, pp. 881-889
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731116002676
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)