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...

ILRI clippings

21 Mar 2019

David Aronson

Thursday Links

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, 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 workers who...

Africa RISING feed

03 Jan 2019

Simret Yasabu

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...

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Publications on crop residues

Poster

Published2018

Better nutrition for improved animal productivity: Increasing livestock productivity and production through more nutritious animal feed

Journal Article

Published2017

Evaluation of yield and forage quality in main and ratoon crops of different sorghum lines

Journal Article

Published2018

Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) as spin off technology from 2nd generation biofuel for upgrading cereal straws and stovers for livestock feed

Journal Article

Published2017

Sweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologies

Poster

Published2017

Forage choppers and crop residue based rations for cattle

Journal Article

Published2017

Cowpea and groundnut haulms fodder trading and its lessons for multidimensional cowpea improvement for mixed crop livestock systems in West Africa

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ILRI Projects on crop residues

Active

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.