ICRAF and Partners Promote Fodder Shrubs
August 3, 2007| |
Fodder shrubs were first introduced in the East African highlands in the early 1990s to provide farmers an inexpensive and plentiful source of high-protein animal feed. Now the World Agro-forestry Center (ICRAF) and partners are facilitating the use of nine species of fodder shrubs. These shrubs are easy to grow and mature in about 12 months. They also improve soil fertility and do not compete with food crops.
Dairy farmers reported an increase in milk production and improvement in the profitability of their dairy enterprises. Aside from being fodder crops, the shrubs have added benefits: firewood, a supply of nectar for honey bees, curbing soil erosion when planted along contours, improving the butterfat content of milk, and significantly reducing the effort needed to collect fodder from distant locations.
Read the news article at http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/news/default.asp?NewsID=C5A04C95-85A7-41F3-B8FE-F115ADE00D07.
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