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Appetite for forages? The adoption and multidimensional impacts of improved forage grasses in Uganda

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionSmallholder dairy farming has the potential to contribute to multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including income and employment generation, food security, nutrition, and health.
Nico Herforth, Precious Tirivanhu, Hanna Ewell, Hanna Ewell, Thomas Miethbauer, Raphael Nawrotzki   +5 more
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On (Dis)Connections and Transformations: The Role of the Agricultural Innovation System in the Adoption of Improved Forages in Colombia

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Feeding improvement strategies are key in increasing cattle productivity and reducing its environmental footprint. Nevertheless, Colombian tropical cattle systems still feature serious deficiencies in both forage quality and availability.
Karen Enciso, Natalia Triana, Manuel Díaz, Stefan Burkart   +3 more
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Tapping Into the Environmental Co-benefits of Improved Tropical Forages for an Agroecological Transformation of Livestock Production Systems

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Livestock are critical for incomes, livelihoods, nutrition and ecosystems management throughout the global South. Livestock production and the consumption of livestock-based foods such as meat, cheese, and milk is, however, under global scrutiny for its ...
An M. O. Notenbaert, Sabine Douxchamps, Daniel M. Villegas, Jacobo Arango, Birthe K. Paul, Stefan Burkart, Idupulapati Rao, Chris J. Kettle, Chris J. Kettle, Thomas Rudel, Eduardo Vázquez, Nikola Teutscherova, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Jeroen C. J. Groot, Michael Wironen, Mirjam Pulleman, Mounir Louhaichi, Sawsan Hassan, Astrid Oberson, Sylvia S. Nyawira, Cesar S. Pinares-Patino, Michael Peters   +21 more
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Developments, bottlenecks, and opportunities in seed markets for improved forages in East Africa: The case of Kenya

Grassland Research
Background Cattle farming plays a pivotal role in Africa's agricultural and livestock sector, poised for growth due to population expansion and rising per capita consumption of animal‐sourced food.
Jesús F. Florez, Peggy Karimi, John J. J. Paredes, Natalia T. Ángel, Stefan Burkart   +4 more
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Lactational Performance of Early-Lactation Dairy Cows Fed Forages Produced by Two Different Crop Production Programs [PDF]

Animals
Early-lactation high-producing dairy cows require highly digestible forages. Thirty early-lactation (58 days in milk; 38.9 kg/d milk) cows were blocked and randomly assigned to one of two treatments.
David P. Casper, Jon P. Pretz, Cliff Ramsier   +2 more
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) and plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) inclusion improves some growth, production, and carcass characteristics of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus L.) in the Peruvian highlands [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal
Background: Alternative forages, such as chicory and plantain, have been successfully applied in various animal species. As a result, these forages could serve as an alternative for raising guinea pigs in high Andean regions; however, few, if any ...
Shirley B. Pariona-Rodas, Misael Rodriguez, Flor L. Mejía, Medali Cueva-Rodríguez, Yolvi López, Hector V. Vasquez, Jose A. Saucedo-Uriarte, Segundo J. Zamora-Huaman, Ysai Paucar   +8 more
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Assessment of peri‐urban livestock producers’ willingness to pay for improved forages as cash crops [PDF]

Agronomy Journal, 2022
Mulubrhan Balehegn Gebremikael, Nouhoun Zampaligre   +1 more
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Temporal microbial colonization on different forages is driven by the rumen environmental conditions [PDF]

Animal Microbiome
The rumen is one of the four compartments of the ruminant stomach and houses a diverse array of anaerobic microbes that play a crucial role in feed digestion and volatile fatty acid (VFA) production. The aim of this study was to explore how two different
X. Xie, J. K. Wang, J. X. Liu, L. L. Guan, A. L. A. Neves   +4 more
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Induced Polyploidy: A Tool for Forage Species Improvement [PDF]

Agriculture, 2021
Polyploidy means having more than two basic sets of chromosomes. Polyploid plants may be artificially obtained through chemical, physical and biological (2n gametes) methods. This approach allows an increased gene scope and expression, thus resulting in phenotypic changes such as yield and product quality.
Saeed Rauf, Rodomiro Ortiz, Dariusz P. Malinowski, Wellington Ronildo Clarindo, Wardah Kainat, Muhammad Shehzad, Ummara Waheed, Syed Wasim Hassan   +7 more
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Potential Forage Hybrid Markets for Enhancing Sustainability and Food Security in East Africa

Foods, 2023
The cattle sector is strategic for both the economic development and food security of Africa, but the low availability and quality of forage puts the most vulnerable population at risk.
John Jairo Junca Paredes, Jesús Fernando Florez, Karen Johanna Enciso Valencia, Luís Miguel Hernández Mahecha, Natalia Triana Ángel, Stefan Burkart   +5 more
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