Forage seed production and management techniques

Despite the large number of recommended and registered forage crop varieties and species for the different agro-ecologies of Ethiopia and critical feed shortage revealed by the very poor livestock productivity, adoption and use of cultivated forage crops in the country is still low. Some of the reas...

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Autores principales: Assefa, Getnet, Mekonnen, Kindu, Gebreyes, Million, Bezabih, Melkamu, Adie, Aberra, Seifu, Haimanot
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121957
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author Assefa, Getnet
Mekonnen, Kindu
Gebreyes, Million
Bezabih, Melkamu
Adie, Aberra
Seifu, Haimanot
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Assefa, Getnet
Bezabih, Melkamu
Gebreyes, Million
Mekonnen, Kindu
Seifu, Haimanot
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Adie, Aberra
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description Despite the large number of recommended and registered forage crop varieties and species for the different agro-ecologies of Ethiopia and critical feed shortage revealed by the very poor livestock productivity, adoption and use of cultivated forage crops in the country is still low. Some of the reasons indicated are inadequate quantity and quality seed supply, lack of technical skills, low seed productivity of forages especially perennial grasses and legumes and poor and subsistence production and none market oriented production systems. These calls to look into the status of the Ethiopian forage seed system, identify the major constraints and enhance forage seed production to improve the seed supply system in the country. The objective of this brief is to give an overview of forage seed systems and recommend major seed production practices in Ethiopia.
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spelling CGSpace1219572025-11-11T16:36:04Z Forage seed production and management techniques Assefa, Getnet Mekonnen, Kindu Gebreyes, Million Bezabih, Melkamu Adie, Aberra Seifu, Haimanot animal feeding forage seed seed production agriculture climate-smart agriculture Despite the large number of recommended and registered forage crop varieties and species for the different agro-ecologies of Ethiopia and critical feed shortage revealed by the very poor livestock productivity, adoption and use of cultivated forage crops in the country is still low. Some of the reasons indicated are inadequate quantity and quality seed supply, lack of technical skills, low seed productivity of forages especially perennial grasses and legumes and poor and subsistence production and none market oriented production systems. These calls to look into the status of the Ethiopian forage seed system, identify the major constraints and enhance forage seed production to improve the seed supply system in the country. The objective of this brief is to give an overview of forage seed systems and recommend major seed production practices in Ethiopia. 2022-08-30 2022-09-28T18:31:30Z 2022-09-28T18:31:30Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121957 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa Assefa, G., Mekonnen, K., Gebreyes, M., Bezabih, M., Adie, A. and Seifu, H. 2022. Forage seed production and management techniques. AICCRA Info Note. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
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Adie, Aberra
Seifu, Haimanot
Forage seed production and management techniques
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title_short Forage seed production and management techniques
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seed production
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