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Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable grass forage species: Birdwood grass (Cenchrus setigerus): A resilient, drought-tolerant perennial grass for pastures in hot, dry areas
Cenchrus setigerus, commonly known as Birdwood grass, is one of the most drought-tolerant perennial grasses. Native to East Africa and Western Asia between latitudes 30⁰N and 30⁰S, this grass occurs naturally in areas with ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable shrub species: Silvopasture: offering multiple benefits for agro-pastoralists
Silvopasture is ideally suited to the dry areas where its
application in agro-forestry production systems can help
to improve fodder production, enhance soil health, and
reduce erosion. In India, where the practice is ...
Field Trip Report to Assess the Dissemination of Cactus to New Areas
Cactus pear is not suitable for the state of Rajasthan so cladodes were desimminated to multiple places in India. Part of the reason for this field trip was to evaluate how it was being established in these new location. ...
Promoting Silvi-pasture on Private Farms in Rajasthan ( CAZRI Scientific Staff): Adoptability Report
This is an ADOPT report on Cenchrus Setigerus and Lasiurus Lirsutus grasses in Rajasthan India generated by the Indian NARS, CAZRI.
Identify NRM options for sustainable management community silvopasture systems for enhanced biomass productivity, biodiversity & livestock production
This is a face to face workshop with farmers to promote silvopastoral practices, in the meeting the community generated rules that they should follow that are linked with the government funds for community development. ...
Focus group discussions for the ADOPT tool
THis is a picture of focus group discussion for the CSIRO ADOPT tool to understand the peak adoption for two improved grasses that were introduced into communities in Rajasthan, India.
Increasing resilience of livestock migration in the arid areas of India
This is a white paper that describes the results of a household survey of migratory pastoralists as well as results from GPS collar and land classification that tells us what type of forage resources pastoralists are ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable tree species “Prosopis cineraria”: A wonder tree for agroforestry in arid and semi-arid areas
In hot, arid and semi-arid rangelands livestock numbers are
growing, putting pressure on grazing lands. In these
dryland regions, ICARDA is promoting drought-tolerant
species as a crucial means of assisting rangeland
reh ...
Focus group discussion using the ADOPT tool for the adoption of two new grasses.
This is a picture of the focus group discussion that were held in Rajasthan India to understand the adoption of two introduced grasses using the ADOPT tool
Promoting Silvi-Pasture in Private Farms of Rajasthan ( Reponse by farmers): Adoptability Report
This report has the findings using the ADOPT tool for improve grasses; Cenchrus Setigerus and Lasiurus Lirsutus.