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LivestockPlus: Forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics [PDF]

Ambio, 2015
The increased use of grain-based feed for livestock during the last two decades has contributed, along with other factors, to a rise in grain prices that has reduced human food security. This circumstance argues for feeding more forages to livestock, particularly in the tropics where many livestock are reared on small farms.
Rudel, Thomas K., Birthe, Paul, White, Douglas, Rao, I.M., van Der Hoek, Rein, Castro, Aracely, Boval, Maryline, Lerner, Amy, Schneider, Laura, Peters, Michael   +9 more
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Creating a NIRS (Near Infrared Spectroscopy) database for tropical forages [PDF]

, 2022
Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-destructive analytical technique that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum to analyze the chemical composition of a material.
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
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Reducing agro-environmental trade-offs through sustainable livestock intensification across smallholder systems in Northern Tanzania

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
Livestock productivity in East Africa, and especially in Tanzania, remains persistently low, while greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensities are among the highest worldwide.
Birthe K. Paul, Jeroen C. J. Groot, Celine A. Birnholz, Beatus Nzogela, A. Notenbaert, Kassahun Woyessa, Rolf Sommer, Ravic Nijbroek, Pablo Tittonell   +8 more
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A methodology for mapping current and future heat stress risk in pigs

Animal, 2020
Heat stress is a global issue constraining pig productivity, and it is likely to intensify under future climate change. Technological advances in earth observation have made tools available that enable identification and mapping livestock species that ...
J.Y. Mutua, K. Marshall, B.K. Paul, A.M.O. Notenbaert   +3 more
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Promoting Forage Legume–Pollinator Interactions: Integrating Crop Pollination Management, Native Beekeeping and Silvopastoral Systems in Tropical Latin America

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Major declines of insect pollinators are a worldwide concern. Such losses threaten human food supplies and ecosystem functions. Monocultures of pastures used to feed cattle are among the drivers of insect pollinator declines in Tropical Latin America ...
Manuel Ernesto Narjes Sanchez, Manuel Ernesto Narjes Sanchez, Juan Andrés Cardoso Arango, Stefan Burkart   +3 more
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MICRO MINERAL DISTRIBUTION ON FIBER FRACTION OF FORAGES IN SOUTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA [PDF]

, 2008
This study was conducted to evaluate the concentration of micro minerals (Zn, Fe, Mn, Cu and Se) of forages and their distribution in fiber fraction (Neutral Detergent Fiber/NDF and Acid Detergent Fiber/ADF) in South Sumatra during dry and rainy season.
Fariani, A
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Mombaça grass yield as a function of nitrogen fertilization based on the use of the chlorophyll meter

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2021
The objective of this study was to evaluate the yield and agronomic efficiency of mombaça grass achieved with the management of nitrogen fertilization, based on the nitrogen sufficiency index (NSI) calculated using measurements obtained with a ...
Lorrayne Lays Ferreira Leite, Clarice Backes, Leandro José Grava de Godoy, Alessandro José Marques Santos, Arthur Gabriel Teodoro, Lucas Matheus Rodrigues, Cinthya Cristina Fernandes de Resende, Adriana Aparecida Ribon   +7 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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Reversing the declining quality of the tropical forages collection [PDF]

, 2009
The Australian Tropical Forages Collection (ATFC) is a unique collection of seeds of grasses and legumes collected throughout the tropical and subtropical world over some 40 years.
Scrivener, N., Cox, Kendrick G., Kilpatrick, F., Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland   +3 more
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Interspecific and intraspecific foraging differentiation of neighbouring tropical seabirds [PDF]

Movement Ecology, 2021
AbstractBackgroundSocial interactions, reproductive demands and intrinsic constraints all influence foraging decisions in animals. Understanding the relative importance of these factors in shaping the way that coexisting species within communities use and partition resources is central to knowledge of ecological and evolutionary processes.
R. E. Austin, F. De Pascalis, S. C. Votier, J. Haakonsson, J. P. Y. Arnould, G. Ebanks-Petrie, J. Newton, J. Harvey, J. A. Green   +8 more
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