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Velvetbean (Mucuna Pruriens) Production in Southern Africa
Velvet bean is a high yielding leguminous forage crop that is high in nitrogen (N)/crude
protein content. It is usually sown as an N-fixing ley crop or as a green manure crop to
improve soil fertility. In the sub-humid ...
Improving market participation and competiveness of communal area beef farmers in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province through better feeding and value chain initiatives
The Specific objectives of the ZimCLIFS
Project have been a) to increase the productivity of SH croplivestock households by identifying and
adapting appropriate technologies and
associated management practices,
b) to improve ...
The effect of herbage conditioning and natural aeration methods on rate of moisture loss and crude protein content of Lablab purpureus herbage during hay-making
The goal of the study is to demonstrate that home-grown forage legumes can be
used in formulating dairy and beef-finishing rations in
place of commercial
supplements.
Principles of Haymaking Using Tropical Grasses and Legumes
Hay is a very popular form of forage preservation
which can be a very important source of feed in the
smallholder farming sector where veld (natural rangeland) is becoming limited. Hay is commonly made
from fresh grass but ...
Principles of Silage Making
Owing to the seasonal nature of rainfall in the subtropics,
rangeland and planted pasture only supply high quality
green forage for a quarter of the year, leaving animals to
struggle with poor quality forage for the rest ...
Promoting utilization of alternative available feed to substitute commercial diets in smallholder beef production systems in the sub humid region in Zimbabwe
The objectives of this study are a) to demonstrate that forage legumes,
crop residues and poultry litter can be
used as supplementary feed in beef
cattle production;
b) to determine the economic impact of
beef feeding using ...
The agronomy and use of Lablab purpureus in smallholder farming systems of southern Africa
Lablab purpureus, commonly known as lablab bean, is a twining
legume native to tropical and sub-tropical areas of Africa. It is
a deep-rooted, drought tolerant, summer-growing annual to
short-lived perennial. In southern ...
The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legumebased diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
The main objective of this study is to
determine the
effect of replacing
commercial diets with
forage legume diets on
VFI, milk yield, quality and
economic returns.
Forage seed production and trade as a pathway out of poverty in the smallholder sector: lessons from the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Food Security (ZimCLIFS) project
The major challenge to adoption of improved forage technologies in the smallholder farming sector is poor accessibility
to seed of improved cultivars. Since 2012, the Zimbabwe Crop Livestock Integration for Improved ...