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Snack bags for cows boost smallholder dairyfarms’ milk production – validated RNRRS Output

This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
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Showcase 17: Double the benefits: legumes improve both milk and rice production

This series of two-page brief highlights some of the new technologies and processes available, in order […]
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Seed Innovation systems of food feed crops: New perspectives for smallholder farmrs in the tropics.

This paper describes the critical role of seed production and distribution systems for scaling-out forage and […]
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Scale-up of Napier fodder: a case of institutional innovation in small farmer dairying

Based on a formal diagnostic survey and subsequent focus group discussions (FGD) with farmers, an improved […]
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Reframing Technical Change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity.

This document, divided into three sections, develops a conceptual framework for a project on livestock fodder […]
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First report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ isolate associated with a witches’ broom disease of alfalfa in Bolivia

During a survey in 2003 in Limon Pampa, Rio Chico, Bolivia, lucerne (Medicago sativa) plants showing […]
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Disease management factors influencing yield and quality of sorghum and groundnut crop residues.

Crop residues from groundnut and sorghum constitute important fodder resources for dairy production and fodder trading […]
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Adoption and use of fodder trees for smallholder dairying in tropical countries

This is an output prepared for the TECA database and is based upon the following RNRRS […]
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A stunting syndrome of Napier grass in Ethiopia is associated with a 16SrIII group phytoplasma

Napier or elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum ) is a perennial grass grown widely in East Africa as […]
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A Multi stakeholder approach to seed systems of food-feed crops for smallholder farmers in the tropics

Improved dual-purpose food-feed crops have potential to raise income and improve the lives of smallholder farmers […]