Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania

Compared to food crops, forages registration in Tanzania has lagged. Largely, the system relies on old materials e.g. Chloris gayana developed decades ago without no newer officially registered materials in the country to benefit livestock production especially cattle. This shortcoming has been reco...

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Autores principales: Mwendia, Solomon, Nzogeal, Beatus, Kizima, Jonas, Lukuyu, Ben A., Peters, Michael
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137297
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author Mwendia, Solomon
Nzogeal, Beatus
Kizima, Jonas
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Peters, Michael
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Nzogeal, Beatus
Peters, Michael
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description Compared to food crops, forages registration in Tanzania has lagged. Largely, the system relies on old materials e.g. Chloris gayana developed decades ago without no newer officially registered materials in the country to benefit livestock production especially cattle. This shortcoming has been recognized before, but no concerted effort towards addressing the same. Under the CGIAR Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAP) initiative, efforts are underway to address the concern starting with selected forage hybrids with good chance of being registered. Registration would contribute to improving forage seed system in the country by allowing private sector engagement to increase seed access more sustainably. Additionally, more forage materials are under testing in different locations in Tanzania.
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spelling CGSpace1372972025-11-05T11:42:55Z Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania Mwendia, Solomon Nzogeal, Beatus Kizima, Jonas Lukuyu, Ben A. Peters, Michael seed industry private sector urochloa cenchrus brachiaria eragrostis chloris registration Compared to food crops, forages registration in Tanzania has lagged. Largely, the system relies on old materials e.g. Chloris gayana developed decades ago without no newer officially registered materials in the country to benefit livestock production especially cattle. This shortcoming has been recognized before, but no concerted effort towards addressing the same. Under the CGIAR Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAP) initiative, efforts are underway to address the concern starting with selected forage hybrids with good chance of being registered. Registration would contribute to improving forage seed system in the country by allowing private sector engagement to increase seed access more sustainably. Additionally, more forage materials are under testing in different locations in Tanzania. 2023-12 2024-01-08T10:39:54Z 2024-01-08T10:39:54Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137297 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Mwendia, S.W.; Nzogeal, B.; Kizima, J.; Lukuyu, B.; Peters, M. (2023) Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania. Nairobi (Kenya): International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). 5 p.
spellingShingle seed industry
private sector
urochloa
cenchrus
brachiaria
eragrostis
chloris
registration
Mwendia, Solomon
Nzogeal, Beatus
Kizima, Jonas
Lukuyu, Ben A.
Peters, Michael
Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title_full Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title_fullStr Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title_short Towards increasing forages options and registration in Tanzania
title_sort towards increasing forages options and registration in tanzania
topic seed industry
private sector
urochloa
cenchrus
brachiaria
eragrostis
chloris
registration
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137297
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