Forage conservation is an important potential solution to seasonal variation in feed quality
and quantity and herder‐farmer conflicts in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Considerable …

Nutrition (eds DI Givens, E. Owen, RFE Axford and HM Omed) 43 starts by considering the
main principles of intake control, prior to considering forage factors that determine potential …

Twenty-four lactating Holstein cows were used in a replicated 6× 6 Latin square design.
Experimental periods were 6 or 7 d. Cows were housed in tie-stalls, and diets were fed ad …

In the low-rainfall areas of much of Africa and Asia, small ruminants represent the principal
economic output, contributing a large share of the income of farmers. Animal numbers have …

Page 1 LIVESTOCK AND WEALTH CREATION Improving the husbandry of animals kept by
resource-poor people in developing countries Edited by E Owen, A Kitalyi, N Jayasuriya and T …

50 52 57 57 59 62 64 stover quality 66 5.15 Scope of the biophysical impacts 68 5.16
Economic surplus modelling 72 5.17 Weeds for livestock feeding 85 5.18 Improved …

Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in the central Kenya highlands and it is often
the sole forage offered to dairy cattle during the dry seasons. In recent years increasing offer …

Nearly 3 million hectares of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L). Moench] are harvested in
the USA each year. It may be possible to add value to crop and animal systems by …

Cereal residues are an important feed source for ruminants in smallholder crop-livestock
systems in the (sub) tropics. In many areas of India maize is a relatively new cash crop …

Dry season nutritional stress is a major constraint to ruminant livestock production in
semiarid areas. After the rains finish, quantity and quality of grazing fall rapidly, leaving …