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Describes the status and use of pterocarpus lucens Lepr. in the northern African semi-arid tropical zones. Outlines the botanical description and phenology. Discusses formation containing p. lucens in central Mali and its economic roles which includes forage supply, fuel wood & traditional medicine.
Discusses the ecology, germination, temperature, dormancy, water stress, salinity & alkalinity, water requirements, potential yields, feed value, and seed production of local fodder species used in current agricultural practice and of species which have been experimentally tested and subject to s...
Presents and discusses some simple forage evaluation techniques. Includes seedling emergence & establishment, yield, growth & utilization, and botanical composition.
Sub-Saharan Africa herbage seed activities were evaluated by means of questionnaires. Topics ranged from collection and evaluation, through multiplication to distribution and seed quality. The current smallholder lack of access to herbage seed supplies is discussed and proposals for overcoming th...
Four accessions of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. (calliandra) and 11 accessions of different Leucaena spp. (leucaena) were evaluated for suitability to improve livestock nutrition in highland small-holder farming systems. Dry matter (DM) yield, response to phosphorus (P) application, and feed qu...
Reports on research activities carried out by ILCA's highland programme to devise an appropriate animal feed production strategy for small scale farmeres in the Ethiopian highlands. Gives a critical analysis of the available sources of animal feed, such as, roughages from native pasture, browse a...
Discusses the role of chemical analysis in animal nutrition together with the main activities of the animal nutrition laboratory of ILCA. The compositional properties which could explain and interpret the nutritional quality of various feedstuffs, i.e., forages, crop residues and agro-industrial ...
The paper assesses the feed resources available for ruminant production in Nigeria. The paper highlights ruminant animal contribution and feed situation and describes forage resoruces of the Savanna. Crop residue yield and utilization anare discussed and low and high cost input improvement scheme...
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