Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable tree species: Leucaena leucocephala: A versatile tree producing nutritious fodder for ruminants
Citation
Imtiaz Ahmed Qamar, Muhammad Islam, Mounir Louhaichi. (17/6/2015). Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable tree species: Leucaena leucocephala: A versatile tree producing nutritious fodder for ruminants. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Leucaena leucocephala is used mostly as forage for livestock, both after cutting for use as fodder, or direct grazing, typically planted in hedgerows with grass. It responds well to a coppice system and branches vigorously.