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Feeding forages in the Fitzroy : A guide to profitable beef production in the Fitzroy River catchment [PDF]

, 2015
This guide brings together information on: • selection, agronomy and management of suitable forages • example forage yields across the Fitzroy River catchment • expected nutrient content of forages and their relationship to cattle performance ...
Chudleigh, Fred, Buck, Stuart R., Bowen, Maree K.   +2 more
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Initial effects of supplemental forages and feedstuffs on bovine rumen ecology in vitro as determined by DNA-based molecular procedures

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2020
This research aided in determining the impacts on rumen microbial ecology when supplemental forages and feedstuffs were added for 48 h after an initial 24-h in vitro rumen fermentation of orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) hay.
Kenneth E. Turner, David P. Belesky, Richard W. Zobel, Ann-Marie Fortuna   +3 more
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Effects of adopting improved forages on poverty alleviation in cattle systems: Evidence from Colombia [PDF]

, 2022
Cattle play an important role in rural livelihoods and the economies of developing countries, especially regarding food and nutrition security and producer welfare.
Enciso, Karen, Álvarez, Diego A., Bravo, Aura, Burkart, Stefan   +3 more
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Challenges and opportunities for improving eco-efficiency of tropical forage-based systems to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2013
Forage-based livestock production plays a key role in national and regional economies, for food security and poverty alleviation, but is considered a major contributor to agricultural GHG emissions.
Michael Peters, Mario Herrero, Myles Fisher, Karl-Heinz Erb, Idupulapati Rao, Guntur V. Subbarao, Aracely Castro, Jacobo Arango, Julián Chará, Enrique Murgueitio, Rein van der Hoek, Peter Läderach, Glenn Hyman, Jeimar Tapasco, Bernardo Strassburg, Birthe Paul, Alvaro Rincón, Rainer Schultze-Kraft, Steve Fonte, Timothy Searchinger   +19 more
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Improved Harris Hawks Optimization Based on Adaptive Cooperative Foraging and Dispersed Foraging Strategies [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2020
Harris hawks optimization (HHO) is a new swarm intelligence optimization technique. Because of its simple structure and easy to implement, HHO has attracted research interest from scholars in different fields. However, the low population diversity and the single search method in the exploration phase weakened the global search capability of the HHO ...
Xuncai Zhang, Kai Zhao, Ying Niu
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Analysis and Improvement of the Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm

Journal of Computing Science and Engineering, 2014
The Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm is a swarm intelligence optimization algorithm. This paper first analyzes the chemotaxis, as well as elimination and dispersal operation, based on the basic Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm. The elimination and dispersal operation makes a bacterium which has found or nearly found an optimal ...
Jun Li, Jianwu Dang, Feng Bu, Jiansheng Wang   +3 more
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A comprehensive approach for assessing the economic contribution of forage and livestock improvement options to smallholder farming enterprises

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015
The importance of livestock production activities to improving the livelihoods of smallholder farming households and the efficiency of their underlying farming systems is increasingly recognized.
Neil MacLeod, Scott Waldron, Shi-lin WEN
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Urochloa hybrid adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean 2001–2024: an analysis of the land use, social, economic, and environmental impacts in 27 countries

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionSustainable intensification of tropical cattle production is essential to meet growing demand for animal-sourced foods while reducing environmental degradation. Improved interspecific Urochloa (syn. Brachiaria) hybrids have been promoted as a
Stefan Burkart, John Jairo Junca Paredes, Danny Sandoval, Natalia Triana Ángel, Mateo Pazos Cárdenas, Andrés Felipe Ruiz-Hurtado, Mauricio Sotelo, Juan Andrés Cardoso, Luis Miguel Hernandez, Rosa Jauregui, Jacobo Arango   +10 more
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Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture, 2021
This study was conducted to identify major livestock production constraints and improved forage production efforts in the Damot Gale district. Four representative kebeles, two associated with our NGO project and two from nonproject outreach activities ...
Shimelis Mengistu, Ajebu Nurfeta, Adugna Tolera, Melkamu Bezabih, Abera Adie, Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, Mesfin Zenebe   +6 more
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Studies of Near Infrared Spectroscopy for P!'edicting Forage Quality of Tropical Grasses [PDF]

, 1992
Introduction Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) for forage has been widely and successfully used throughout the world, but the study for tropical grasses is still limited, especially in Asia including Japan and Indonesia.
Kameoka, Kenichi, Purnomoadi, Agung, Amari, Masahiro   +2 more
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