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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Characterization of experts, innovators, and disseminators of fodder shrub technologies in smallholder dairy farming communities in central Kenya

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The central highlands of Kenya are characterized by small land holdings. As the size of land holdings continues to decline due to subdivisions, most livestock feeds will have to come from cropped land. Research on fodder shrubs started in Kenya in the 1990s, initially by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute (KARI). The first on-farm trials in Embu area were initiated by the National Agroforestry Research project (NAFRP), a project jointly managed by KARI, the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) (Franzel et al, 2002). ICRAF together with partner institutions actively introduced fodder shrub technologies with the aim of alleviating feed shortage through the Systemwide Livestock Project (SLP) in 1998. By the end of 2000 SLP had assisted 150 self-help groups to establish 250 tree nurseries through collective action in Nyeri, Kirinyanga, Maragwa, Meru Central, Meru South and Murang’a Districts.
    Année de publication

    2006

    Auteurs

    Nanok T

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    agricultural extension, agricultural research, dairy farms, fodder, smallholders

    Géographique

    Kenya

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