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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 ...
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 ...
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.