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Farmers’ utilization practice, yield and chemical composition of selected improved forages grown in natural resource management areas of Farta District, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019
The study was conducted with the objective of assessing farmers’ utilization practice, yield and chemical composition of selected improved forages grown in natural resource management areas of Farta District, Ethiopia.
Solomon Tefera, Bimrew Asmare, Firew Tegegne   +2 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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Economic evaluation of supplementation with Canavalia brasiliensis CIAT 17009 in a Colombian dual-purpose cattle system

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionIn the dual-purpose cattle systems of the Colombian Caribbean region, the grass Bothriochloa pertusa (Colosuana) is predominant. Despite its overall good performance, its productivity and quality significantly decline during dry seasons ...
John Jairo Junca Paredes, José Edwin Mojica Rodríguez, Mauricio Efren Sotelo Cabrera, Edwin Castro Rincón, Stefan Burkart   +4 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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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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Contribution of Climate-Smart Forage and Fodder Production for Sustainable Livestock Production and Environment: Lessons and Challenges from Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture, 2023
Sustainable farm animal raising is dependent on the production of sufficient quantities and quality of forages and fodder, especially in dry regions. Improved forage and feed species are an option for these aspects because adequate feed resources enhance
Diriba Tulu, Sileshi Gadissa, Feyisa Hundessa, Erana Kebede   +3 more
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Intercropping Forage Sorghum with Sunnhemp at Different Seeding Rates to Improve Forage Production

Agronomy, 2023
Forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is well established in the Texas High Plains as a drought-tolerant forage that often requires additional feed to provide adequate protein for livestock. Intercropping sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), a legume, with forage sorghum, may increase crude protein.
Haley M. Mosqueda, Brock C. Blaser, Susan A. O’Shaughnessy, Marty B. Rhoades   +3 more
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source