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Sorghum grown as forage crop.. Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. [1] Historically, the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay or silage.
Silvopasture integrates livestock, forage, and trees. (photo: USDA NAC) Silvopasture (silva is forest in Latin) is the practice of integrating trees, forage, and the grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial way. [1] It utilizes the principles of managed grazing, and it is one of several distinct forms of agroforestry. [2]
With alley cropping, crop strips alternate with rows of closely spaced tree or hedge species. Normally, the trees are pruned before planting the crop. The cut leafy material - for example, from Alchornea cordifolia and Acioa barteri - is spread over the crop area to provide nutrients. In addition to nutrients, the hedges serve as windbreaks and ...
Millet is sometimes used as a forage crop. Compared to forage sorghum, animals including lambs gain weight faster on millet, and it has better hay or silage potential, although it produces less dry matter. [64] Millet does not contain toxic prussic acid, sometimes found in sorghum. [65] The rapid growth of millet as a grazing crop allows ...
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. [13] Historically, the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially as hay ...
Alfalfa usually has the highest feeding value of all common hay crops. It is used less frequently as pasture. [11] When grown on soils where it is well-adapted, alfalfa is often the highest-yielding forage plant, but its primary benefit is the combination of high yield per hectare and high nutritional quality. [24]
NTFPs in particular highlight forest products which are of value to local people and communities, but have been overlooked in the wake of forest management priorities (for example, timber production and animal forage). For example, some 2.4 billion people – in both urban and rural settings – use wood-based energy for cooking. [4]
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture [2] (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty [3]) is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims at guaranteeing food security through the conservation, exchange and sustainable use of the world's plant genetic resources for food ...