Tags: fodder

ILRI News on fodder

29 Jul 2022

Ethiopia exchange visit shares lessons on forage development for Zimbabwe

This post was written by Saba Ermyas and edited by Paul Karaimu. Crop farming and livestock production are the major sources of livelihood for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. Most farm animals are reared in low rainfall areas where more than 75% of farmers rely on cereal crop residues as feed...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

ILRI News

23 Mar 2022

Climate-smart farming offers hope to Zimbabwe’s smallholders and livestock keepers

For 60-year-old Maxwell Machivenyika, farm-life was filled with tedium, drudgery and challenges. To get the job done working on his small farm meant waking up at 4 a.m. daily. Machivenyika has been growing maize, Zimbabwe’s main staple crop, since 1988. But his yields have been poor because of...

Johnson SiamachiraCommunication Officer(Cirad)

ILRI News

07 Mar 2022

Improved forages empower smallholder women livestock keepers in Kenya and Ethiopia

Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all humanity, but not equally. The rural poor, particularly women, are more affected by climate-related shocks . Women and men in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa who depend on farming as a primary source of livelihood are considered more...

Judy KimaniCommunications Specialist

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Publications on fodder

Journal Article

Published2022

Weight gain and enteric methane production of cattle fed on tropical grasses

Journal Item

Published2022

Productivity and feed quality performance of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) genotypes growing under different soil moisture levels

Poster

Published2022

Genetic integrity and diversity in Urochloa brizantha collection maintained in the ILRI Forage Genebank

Thesis

Published2022

Evaluation of feed quality traits of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) genotypes grown under drought stress condition

Book Chapter

Published2022

Fruit Trees in agroforestry systems: complementing globally traded commodities with local nutritional benefits

Book Chapter

Published2022

Commodity tree crop planting material infrastructures in Africa

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ILRI Projects on fodder

Jul 2021Jun 2023

Local governance of natural resources for community stabilization in Central Mali (Kedo Diren)

Mali's Mopti region is endowed with immense water and land resources generating for livelihoods for millions of families. The availability of these resources made the region an ideal environment for a thriving ruminant livestock farming. However, the region has recently been the scene of violent...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

Fodder and feed as a key opportunity for driving sustainable intensification of crop livestock systems in Tanzania

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