A collaborative project of the Colombian Integrated Rural Development Program (DRI) and CIAT, aimed at establishing small agroindustrial firms to produce dry cassava on the Atlantic Coast of Colombia, is described. It began with the installation of a pilot plant for natural drying of cassava, wit...
Ospina, B.
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Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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Best, R.
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[Secado natural de yuca para la alimentacion animal: Una nueva agroindustria en Colombia]
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Secado natural de yuca para la alimentacion animal: Una nueva agroindustria en Colombia
The use of cassava-based feedstuffs seems promising, especially for swine; however, toxic factors must be taken into account when diets are formulated. In Africa, cassava consumption is indicated as one of the factors responsible for the tropical ataxic neuropathy syndrome observed in Nigeria: it...
Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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[Progresos en la investigacion sobre la utilizacion de yuca como alimento para porcinos]
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Progresos en la investigacion sobre la utilizacion de yuca como alimento para porcinos
The effect of methionine supplementation to diets conatining high levels (~ 65%) of cassava meal (CM) were studied with gestating and lactating gilts as well as with growing-finishing pigs. In both experiments, methionine supplementation did not improve (P>.05) the results obtained with the unsup...
Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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Santos, J
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Valdivieso Garcia, Mauricio A.
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[Evaluation of methionine supplementation to diets containing cassava meal for swine]
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Evaluation of methionine supplementation to diets containing cassava meal for swine
This report includes data on poultry and swine populations and production for L.A. countries. Possibilities of increasing production, especially swine, is more feasible through the improvement of production efficiency than increasing the animal population. Feed availability is the most important ...
Buitrago, J.A.
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Gómez G., Guillermo G.
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[Información de los conocimientos actuales que existen sobre sistemas de alimentación de aves y cerdos en las zonas tropicales de América Latina]
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Información de los conocimientos actuales que existen sobre sistemas de alimentación de aves y cerdos en las zonas tropicales de América Latina