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The periparturient behaviour of 63 pregnant does and their kids was studied. The behavioural characteristics investigated were incidence of prepartum isolation and restlessness, time taken for new born kids to stand and to start sucking. Apart from these behavioural parameters, the time of parturition, duration of labour, and duration of grooming were also investigated. The results were analyzed for the effects of parity of dam and type of birth on these characteristics. All the does showed prepartum restlessness and about 90 per cent of them actively isolated themselves. Most parturitions (82.per cent) occurred during daytime. Labour on the average lasted for about 10 min. On the average, it took kids about 13 min after birth to stand up and an additional 2 min to start sucking. Parity of the damand the type of birth did not significantly affect any of the characteristics studied. Ghana Jnl.agric. Sci Vol.32(1), 1999: 95-100

Efficient management of pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan var. Katinga, as a resource in crop/livestock integration in northern Ghana was studied. Pigeon pea plots with row lengths averaging 11 m and a planting geometry of 80 cm W 50 cm, were either pruned at 60 or 100 cm above ground level or not pruned. Pruning was done at 11 or 16 weeks after planting. Early pruning at a height of 60 cm above ground gave significantly higher (P Ghana Jnl.agric. Sci Vol.31(2), 1998: 161-168