Tags: crop residues

ILRI News on crop residues

21 Mar 2019

Thursday Links (21 March 2019)

A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. Bill Gates writes that in poor communities in India, goats are helping empower women , “thanks to a new team of health...

David AronsonSenior Communications Advisor

Africa RISING feed

03 Jan 2019

Atsbi decision makers exploring the future of their livestock value chain : You can’t have your sheep and eat it

With the increasing population and wealth, demand for animal source food such as milk and meat is expected to almost double in the next 10 years in Ethiopia(Dolapo E., etal) . This is one of the greatest opportunities for improving livelihoods of Ethiopian livestock keepers and at the same time the...

Simret Yasabu

Livestock Feed and Fodder blog

07 Dec 2018

Animal nutrition approaches to profitable livestock farming and sustainable livelihoods

A smallholder livestock farmer in India. Animal feeding and nutrition deserves greater attention as a critical discipline in addressing the environmental impacts of animal-sourced foods production (photo credit: ILRI). Contributing about 40% of protein in human diets globally and more than 50% in...

Paul KaraimuCommunications officer

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Publications on crop residues

Poster

Published2020

Benchmarking of sustainable intensification at landscape and household levels

News Item

Published2019

A novel way of treating crop residues may yield a host of benefits for farmers, local economies, and the broader environment

Presentation

Published2019

Spin-off technologies from 2nd generation biofuel: Potential to transform fodder quality of crop residues

Poster

Published2019

Evaluation of the feed quality of six dual purpose pearl millet varieties and growth performance of sheep fed their residues in Niger

Journal Article

Published2019

A note on variation in grain and straw fodder quality traits in 437 cultivars of rice from the varietal groups of aromatic, hybrids, Indica, new planting types and released varieties in the Philippines

Presentation

Published2018

Can we turn crop residues into concentrates?

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ILRI Projects on crop residues

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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.