Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa

Sweetpotato offers great potential as animal feed. But in in contrast to China, where 25-30% of sweetpotato is used as animal feed, its potential as feed or as a dual purpose crop (food and feed) has not been fully exploited in Sub-Saharan Africa. Early results from this project have identified “bes...

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Autor principal: International Potato Center
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144235
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description Sweetpotato offers great potential as animal feed. But in in contrast to China, where 25-30% of sweetpotato is used as animal feed, its potential as feed or as a dual purpose crop (food and feed) has not been fully exploited in Sub-Saharan Africa. Early results from this project have identified “best bet” varieties for dual purpose and forage uses with pigs and dairy cattle, along with promising silage blends for boosting feed supply and nutrition.
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spelling CGSpace1442352025-11-06T13:32:02Z Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa International Potato Center sweet potatoes feeds Sweetpotato offers great potential as animal feed. But in in contrast to China, where 25-30% of sweetpotato is used as animal feed, its potential as feed or as a dual purpose crop (food and feed) has not been fully exploited in Sub-Saharan Africa. Early results from this project have identified “best bet” varieties for dual purpose and forage uses with pigs and dairy cattle, along with promising silage blends for boosting feed supply and nutrition. 2011-08 2024-06-03T18:48:20Z 2024-06-03T18:48:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144235 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center. 2011. Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa. Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa. CIP. 2 p.
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Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title_full Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title_fullStr Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title_short Exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in East Africa
title_sort exploiting sweetpotato as an animal feed in east africa
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