Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley
Proper livestock feeding is key to improving the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited availability of well-performing forage technologies matched with production environment and context is often a constraint to increase forage quality and quantity for livestock productivity. To contribute...
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| author | Solomon Waweru Mwendia Beatus Nzogela Angello Mwilawa An Notenbaert |
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| description | Proper livestock feeding is key to improving the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited availability of well-performing forage technologies matched with production environment and context is often a constraint to increase forage quality and quantity for livestock productivity. To contribute towards forage technologies for cold areas, we selected four promising small grain varieties and evaluated them in 2020-21. They included two (Conway, Glamis) oat varieties and two (Rihane, Kounouz) barley varieties. In two village sites in Mufindi District in the southern highlands of Tanzania, we established trials in a randomised complete block design replicated three times. While the cultivars produced similar dry matter yields (t/ha), they returned significantly different crude protein (CP%), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF%) and in vitro organic matter digestibility. Digestibility was in the order Glamis > Conway > Kounouz > Rihane, while crude protein yield (t/ha) was in the order Glamis > Kounouz > Rihane > Conway. Based on dry matter and crude protein yields and digestibility, Glamis oat would be the most preferable in the study area and other similar ecologies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4d4a535a1e34ca49d387b83f2cb65ff2025-08-20T02:49:46ZengKassel University PressJournal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics1612-98302363-60332024-09-01125215916510.17170/kobra-2024070910495Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barleySolomon Waweru Mwendia0Beatus Nzogela1Angello Mwilawa2An Notenbaert3The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, KenyaFormerly Research associate at Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, and currently and independent consultantMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries- TanzaniaThe Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, KenyaProper livestock feeding is key to improving the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited availability of well-performing forage technologies matched with production environment and context is often a constraint to increase forage quality and quantity for livestock productivity. To contribute towards forage technologies for cold areas, we selected four promising small grain varieties and evaluated them in 2020-21. They included two (Conway, Glamis) oat varieties and two (Rihane, Kounouz) barley varieties. In two village sites in Mufindi District in the southern highlands of Tanzania, we established trials in a randomised complete block design replicated three times. While the cultivars produced similar dry matter yields (t/ha), they returned significantly different crude protein (CP%), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF%) and in vitro organic matter digestibility. Digestibility was in the order Glamis > Conway > Kounouz > Rihane, while crude protein yield (t/ha) was in the order Glamis > Kounouz > Rihane > Conway. Based on dry matter and crude protein yields and digestibility, Glamis oat would be the most preferable in the study area and other similar ecologies.https://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/2024070910495annual forageforage qualitydry matter yields |
| spellingShingle | Solomon Waweru Mwendia Beatus Nzogela Angello Mwilawa An Notenbaert Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics annual forage forage quality dry matter yields |
| title | Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley |
| title_full | Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley |
| title_fullStr | Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley |
| title_full_unstemmed | Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley |
| title_short | Having inadequate roughages in cold areas in Tanzania? Consider forage oat and barley |
| title_sort | having inadequate roughages in cold areas in tanzania consider forage oat and barley |
| topic | annual forage forage quality dry matter yields |
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