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ILRI News on crop residues

26 Feb 2021

New ILRI podcast series 'The Boma' launched

Today we are launching The Boma , a new international podcast about livestock across the developing world! The Boma is named after the Swahili word for the traditional circular thorn bush enclosures of East Africa built to hold livestock and keep them safe from predators. Like a boma, each episode...

Tim Offei-AddoPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

15 Oct 2020

Remembering Michael Blümmel

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Michael Blümmel , a principal scientist and deputy program leader in the feed and forage development program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Michael passed away on Monday, 12 Oct 2020, after a short illness in his...

David AronsonTeam leader, media and communications

ILRI News

30 Sep 2019

An ILRI developed feed constraint decision making tool, FEAST, applies gender awareness

A workshop in Dehra Dun, India, to develop a tool for feed technology screening and prioritization (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Seven years ago, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) developed a decision-making...

Ekta PatelScientist & Communications Manager - Biosciences

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Publications on crop residues

Journal Article

Published2021

Yields and the nutritive value of early harvested common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop residues for ruminants

Report

Published2021

LegumeSELECT: Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) report for characterization of smallholder farming in Sinana and Digga Woredas, Oromia, Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2021

Estimating farmers' internal value of crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems: A South Asia case study

Brief

Published2021

Use of crop residue as feed for ruminant livestock: A guide for smallholder farmers

Report

Published2021

LegumeSELECT: A baseline characterisation of four selected sites in Kisii and Migori counties of western Kenya

Report

Published2020

Usage of crop residue for making livestock feed

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ILRI Projects on crop residues

Jan 2008Dec 2012

Value Chain Model for bio-ethanol production from sweet sorghum in rainfed areas through collective action and partnership

Objectives of this project are 1. Assess economic and environmental viability, enabling policies and institutions for promoting cultivation of sweet sorghum for bio-ethanol production and its impact on environment, rural incomes, livelihoods and social capital development.