Pasture seed production in Colombia
Within Colombia significant amounts of seed are produced and exported of the perennial tropical grasses; Brachiaria decumbens, Cenchus ciliaris, Dichanthium aristatum, Hyparrhenia rufa, Melinis minutiflora, and Panicum maximum. Small amounts of the perennial legume Pueraria phaseoloides are produced...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1980
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69931 |
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| author | Ferguson, John E. |
| author_browse | Ferguson, John E. |
| author_facet | Ferguson, John E. |
| author_sort | Ferguson, John E. |
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| description | Within Colombia significant amounts of seed are produced and exported of the perennial tropical grasses; Brachiaria decumbens, Cenchus ciliaris, Dichanthium aristatum, Hyparrhenia rufa, Melinis minutiflora, and Panicum maximum. Small amounts of the perennial legume Pueraria phaseoloides are produced. There are very few seed producers in Colombia in the conventional sense. This apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that seed is natural by-product in some grazing regions which is harvested from pastures by manual contract labour and then traded between merchants, generally without any mechanical processing. While at present production of seed is a secondary, opportunistic, low technology, highly manual enterprise, the seed industry is changing rapidly. In recent years, a few specialist producers and processors have had dramatic effects in improving species range, production and seed quality. Future prospects appear to be favourable. |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1980 |
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| spelling | CGSpace699312025-11-12T05:54:12Z Pasture seed production in Colombia Ferguson, John E. feed grasses feed legumes seed production crop yield gramíneas forrajeras leguminosas forrajeras producción de semillas rendimiento de cultivos Within Colombia significant amounts of seed are produced and exported of the perennial tropical grasses; Brachiaria decumbens, Cenchus ciliaris, Dichanthium aristatum, Hyparrhenia rufa, Melinis minutiflora, and Panicum maximum. Small amounts of the perennial legume Pueraria phaseoloides are produced. There are very few seed producers in Colombia in the conventional sense. This apparent anomaly is explained by the fact that seed is natural by-product in some grazing regions which is harvested from pastures by manual contract labour and then traded between merchants, generally without any mechanical processing. While at present production of seed is a secondary, opportunistic, low technology, highly manual enterprise, the seed industry is changing rapidly. In recent years, a few specialist producers and processors have had dramatic effects in improving species range, production and seed quality. Future prospects appear to be favourable. 1980 2016-01-18T13:35:03Z 2016-01-18T13:35:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69931 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Tropical Agriculture Ferguson, John Elliott. 1980. Pasture seed production in Colombia. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 7 p. |
| spellingShingle | feed grasses feed legumes seed production crop yield gramíneas forrajeras leguminosas forrajeras producción de semillas rendimiento de cultivos Ferguson, John E. Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title | Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title_full | Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title_short | Pasture seed production in Colombia |
| title_sort | pasture seed production in colombia |
| topic | feed grasses feed legumes seed production crop yield gramíneas forrajeras leguminosas forrajeras producción de semillas rendimiento de cultivos |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69931 |
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