Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program

Animal Source Foods such as milk, meat and eggs are essential for human nutrition. Demand is increasing and this offers multiple opportunities for livestock producers. However, sustainable productivity and efficiency gains are needed, addressing both seasonal and inter-annual variation. Feed is a ke...

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Autores principales: Peters, Michael, Jones, Christopher S., Duncan, Alan J., Castiblanco, Valheria, Ohmstedt, U., Rüdiger, U., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Burkart, Stefan
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100312
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author Peters, Michael
Jones, Christopher S.
Duncan, Alan J.
Castiblanco, Valheria
Ohmstedt, U.
Rüdiger, U.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Burkart, Stefan
author_browse Burkart, Stefan
Castiblanco, Valheria
Duncan, Alan J.
Jones, Christopher S.
Ohmstedt, U.
Peters, Michael
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Rüdiger, U.
author_facet Peters, Michael
Jones, Christopher S.
Duncan, Alan J.
Castiblanco, Valheria
Ohmstedt, U.
Rüdiger, U.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Burkart, Stefan
author_sort Peters, Michael
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Animal Source Foods such as milk, meat and eggs are essential for human nutrition. Demand is increasing and this offers multiple opportunities for livestock producers. However, sustainable productivity and efficiency gains are needed, addressing both seasonal and inter-annual variation. Feed is a key limiting factor and often the most expensive input into livestock production. The Feeds and Forages work, organized through a flagship program, aims to respond to these bottlenecks by a) identifying and refining priorities through on-farm, large scale and global assessments; b) developing novel feed and forage options; c) better utilizes these feed options and d) identifying and testing approaches to scale these technologies through e.g. innovative business models, extension approaches and capacity building. The work in this paper would focus on novel forages, with emphasis on Eastern and Southern Africa. The aim is to identify specific needs and niches for forages and respond to this demand by developing novel forages either through selection or breeding. Advances include the availability of novel forage options either through selection e.g. of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) or breeding of Brachiaria hybrids (Urochloa ruziziensis x U. brizantha x U. decumbens). The approach for scaling of these novel options through linkages with the public and private sector is being described.
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spelling CGSpace1003122024-01-21T13:56:11Z Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program Peters, Michael Jones, Christopher S. Duncan, Alan J. Castiblanco, Valheria Ohmstedt, U. Rüdiger, U. Rischkowsky, Barbara A. Burkart, Stefan livestock animal feeding mixed farming forage Animal Source Foods such as milk, meat and eggs are essential for human nutrition. Demand is increasing and this offers multiple opportunities for livestock producers. However, sustainable productivity and efficiency gains are needed, addressing both seasonal and inter-annual variation. Feed is a key limiting factor and often the most expensive input into livestock production. The Feeds and Forages work, organized through a flagship program, aims to respond to these bottlenecks by a) identifying and refining priorities through on-farm, large scale and global assessments; b) developing novel feed and forage options; c) better utilizes these feed options and d) identifying and testing approaches to scale these technologies through e.g. innovative business models, extension approaches and capacity building. The work in this paper would focus on novel forages, with emphasis on Eastern and Southern Africa. The aim is to identify specific needs and niches for forages and respond to this demand by developing novel forages either through selection or breeding. Advances include the availability of novel forage options either through selection e.g. of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) or breeding of Brachiaria hybrids (Urochloa ruziziensis x U. brizantha x U. decumbens). The approach for scaling of these novel options through linkages with the public and private sector is being described. 2018-07-27 2019-03-14T13:46:57Z 2019-03-14T13:46:57Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100312 en Limited Access Peters, M., Jones, C., Duncan, A.J., Castiblanco, V., Ohmstedt, U., Rüdiger, U., Rischkwosky, B. and Burkart, S. 2018. Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program. Paper submitted at the 53rd Annual Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 22-27 July 2018.
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animal feeding
mixed farming
forage
Peters, Michael
Jones, Christopher S.
Duncan, Alan J.
Castiblanco, Valheria
Ohmstedt, U.
Rüdiger, U.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Burkart, Stefan
Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title_full Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title_fullStr Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title_full_unstemmed Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title_short Feeds and Forages in the Livestock CGIAR Research Program
title_sort feeds and forages in the livestock cgiar research program
topic livestock
animal feeding
mixed farming
forage
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100312
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