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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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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
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Gender dynamics in Vietnam’s forage seed system: barriers, opportunities, and empowerment pathways

Development Studies Research
This study focuses on the gendered dynamics within Vietnam's forage seed system, examining how cultural norms, resource access, and market participation influence women's involvement in forage production and adoption.
Mateo Pazos Cárdenas, Sebastián Giraldo Aguirre, Aura María Bravo, Stefan Burkart, Thi Thanh Huyen Le, Thi Thu Hang Dao, Mary Atieno, Natalia Triana Ángel   +7 more
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Breeding strategies for forage and grass improvement [PDF]

Annals of Botany, 2012
Grasslands are a major part of the global ecosystem, and make a significant contribution to food security through providing part of the feed requirement of ruminants for meat and milk production. Breeding has the potential to improve the characteristics of grassland species to withstand adverse environmental conditions and to increase their overall ...
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Forages improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers with beef cattle in South Central Coastal Vietnam

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2013
In South Central Coastal Vietnam, on-farm research and farmer experience demonstrated the benefits of growing improved forages as a means of improving the year-round quantity and quality of feed available for smallholder beef cattle production.
Nguyen Xuan Ba, Peter A. Lane, David Parsons, Nguyen Huu Van, Ho Le Phi Khanh, Jeff P. Corfield, Duong Tri Tuan   +6 more
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source