Cactusnet: Promoting the social and ecological benefits of cactus production: Enhancing sheep reproduction through cactus-based feed diets

Views
0% 0
Downloads
0 0%
CC-BY-NC-4.0

Open access

Thumbnail Image

View/Open

Date

2014-03-09

Date Issued

2014-03-09

Authors

Citation

Mourad Rekik, Mounir Louhaichi. (9/3/2014). Cactusnet: Promoting the social and ecological benefits of cactus production: Enhancing sheep reproduction through cactus-based feed diets. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

Recurrent fodder scarcity across West Asia and North Africa poses a major threat to the fertility and performance of livestock herds, a mainstay of the region’s agricultural production systems. Cactus plants present a sustainable and cost-effective solution for the region’s pastoralists, providing a stable source of nutrients capable of maintaining healthy reproductive cycles.

Permanent link

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8523

DOI

Collections

Agricultural Research Knowledge
Agriculture and Livelihood systems
Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Intensification

Other URI

http://www.icarda.org/sites/default/files/Sheep-Cactus-Fact-Sheet.pdf

AGROVOC Keyword(s)

climate change; rangelands; rural communities; sustainability; sheep; fodder; nutrients; cactus

Subject(s)

fodder scarcity; livestock fertility; shrub species; agricultural production systems; enhancement

Author(s) ORCID(s)

Rekik, Mourad  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-2017
 Louhaichi, Mounir  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4543-7631