Tags: fodder

ILRI News on fodder

17 Feb 2021

Researcher explores native grass for improving livestock productivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo

With a population of close to 90 million people, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, boasts 90 million hectares of pasture that can support 40 million heads of cattle and produce 1.5 million tonnes of beef per year. But the country’s immense...

Mwihaki MundiaCommunications Officer - BecA

Beca-ILRI Hub news

04 Feb 2021

Brachiaria grass, a climate-smart ‘wonder grass’ for livestock farmers

In this interview, Mwihaki Mundia, BecA-ILRI Hub’s Communications Officer, sits down with Sita Ghimire, who heads the Brachiaria research and development program at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, to talk about the origins of...

Mwihaki MundiaCommunications Officer - BecA

ILRI News

26 Nov 2020

From framework to implementation: ILRI Impact at Scale program publishes first scaling readiness analysis on livestock innovations

The Impact at Scale (I@S) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has published the ‘ Scaling Readiness report and scaling plan for training and certification approach for small-scale pig producers in Uganda. ’ This is the first of a series of Scaling Readiness reports and...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

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Publications on fodder

Book Chapter

Published2021

Brachiaria grass for sustainable livestock production in Rwanda under climate change

Journal Article

Published2021

Assessment of botanical composition, biomass yield, nutritional quality and methane production of forages in selected grasslands, southern highlands of Ethiopia

Book Chapter

Published2020

Production of high-quality tropical forage legume seeds

Book Chapter

Published2020

High-throughput phenotyping methods for economic traits and designer plant types as tools to support modern breeding efforts

Book Chapter

Published2020

Multi-trait improvement in sorghum to optimize livelihoods from mixed crop livestock systems and the impact of augmented new cultivar release criteria

Report

Published2020

Demand and availability of feed resources for large ruminants across different districts of Odisha

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ILRI Projects on fodder

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

Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...