Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices

Crop residues are the second most important feed source for livestock next to grazing lands in the crop-livestock mixed production system in Ethiopia. However, their contribution to livestock feed in pastoral and agropastoral areas is insignificant. The major crop residues are cereals, namely, maize...

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Autores principales: Assefa, Getnet, Bezabih, Melkamu, Mekonnen, Kindu, Adie, Aberra, Gebreyes, Million, Seifu, Haimanot
Formato: Brief
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Publicado: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121958
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author Assefa, Getnet
Bezabih, Melkamu
Mekonnen, Kindu
Adie, Aberra
Gebreyes, Million
Seifu, Haimanot
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Gebreyes, Million
Mekonnen, Kindu
Seifu, Haimanot
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Bezabih, Melkamu
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description Crop residues are the second most important feed source for livestock next to grazing lands in the crop-livestock mixed production system in Ethiopia. However, their contribution to livestock feed in pastoral and agropastoral areas is insignificant. The major crop residues are cereals, namely, maize, teff, sorghum, wheat and barley, which account for more than 80% of the total acreage and production of the major food crops in the country. In the last three decades, crop residue production has sharply increased as farmers use more land to grow cereals and use improved technologies. However, the adoption of crop residues as feed for livestock to improve productivity is low because of its poor quality. It is known that crop residues are low in protein and energy content, and high in fibre.
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spelling CGSpace1219582025-11-11T16:37:52Z Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices Assefa, Getnet Bezabih, Melkamu Mekonnen, Kindu Adie, Aberra Gebreyes, Million Seifu, Haimanot crop residues crop management integrated crop-livestock systems animal feeding climate-smart agriculture agriculture Crop residues are the second most important feed source for livestock next to grazing lands in the crop-livestock mixed production system in Ethiopia. However, their contribution to livestock feed in pastoral and agropastoral areas is insignificant. The major crop residues are cereals, namely, maize, teff, sorghum, wheat and barley, which account for more than 80% of the total acreage and production of the major food crops in the country. In the last three decades, crop residue production has sharply increased as farmers use more land to grow cereals and use improved technologies. However, the adoption of crop residues as feed for livestock to improve productivity is low because of its poor quality. It is known that crop residues are low in protein and energy content, and high in fibre. 2022-08-30 2022-09-28T18:59:25Z 2022-09-28T18:59:25Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121958 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa Assefa, G., Bezabih, M., Mekonnen, K., Adie, A., Gebreyes, M. and Seifu, H. 2022. Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices. AICCRA Info Note. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
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climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
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Bezabih, Melkamu
Mekonnen, Kindu
Adie, Aberra
Gebreyes, Million
Seifu, Haimanot
Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices
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title_full Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices
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title_short Crop residues management and nutritional improvement practices
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crop management
integrated crop-livestock systems
animal feeding
climate-smart agriculture
agriculture
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