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The use of the new Tropical Forages Selection Tool by research, academia, farmers and other actors in the global Tropics

The Tropical Forages Selection Tool (TF) is an open-access online knowledge system used by researchers, educators, extensionists and livestock/forage producers from Latin America, Asia and Africa to obtain expert information on 172 major forages in tropical/sub-tropical areas. Since the release of a...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
Subjects:
livestock
research
farmers
forage
selection
tropics
information
africa
knowledge
researchers
asia
latin america
system
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121536
Summary:The Tropical Forages Selection Tool (TF) is an open-access online knowledge system used by researchers, educators, extensionists and livestock/forage producers from Latin America, Asia and Africa to obtain expert information on 172 major forages in tropical/sub-tropical areas. Since the release of a new online, mobile version in 2020 that incorporates 15 years of forage research advances, unique user numbers doubled to 80,000. The tool is considered a foremost guide in the selection of forages to suit specific environments.

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