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Spearheading Development through Empowering Smallholder Farmers along Beef Cattle Value Chains: a Case of Goromonzi and Murehwa Districts, Zimbabwe
Smallholder beef subsector can potentially contribute to the nation’s development. The paper presents the
results of the value chain analysis of the beef sub sector in Zimbabwe. Data was gathered through cross
sectional ...
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 ...
Principles of silage making in the subtropics
Brief on Principles of silage making in the subtropics
The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
The effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpeaand
lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy
cows was ...
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 agronomy and use of Mucuna pruriens in smallholder farming systems in southern Africa
Brief on The agronomy and use of Mucuna pruriens in smallholder farming systems in southern Africa
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
Brief on Principles of haymaking using tropical grasses and legumes
Promoting the use of home-mixed supplements as alternatives to commercial supplements in smallholder beef production systems in the subhumid region of Zimbabwe
The economic and performance effect of supplementing smallholder cattle by substituting commercial feed with
iso-nitrogenous and iso-energetic diets based on alternative protein sources was investigated in two trials. In ...
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 ...