Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar
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Component Activity Outstanding Achievements<br />
2.2: Evaluating new feed Fattening preweaned calves on legumes<br />
alternatives <strong>to</strong> permit during the dry season makes the selling of<br />
early weaning<br />
more milk possible and increases animal<br />
liveweight gain as compared <strong>with</strong> fattening<br />
calves on pastures of grass alone.<br />
3: Usefulness<br />
of the new<br />
forage<br />
systems<br />
2.3: Integration of<br />
information, using<br />
simulation models of<br />
ruminants and<br />
nutrition<br />
2.4: Workshops and<br />
meetings <strong>to</strong> analyze<br />
and plan research<br />
activities<br />
3.1: Diagnosis, economic<br />
characterization, and<br />
land use in reference<br />
sites<br />
3.2: Disseminating<br />
research results<br />
Simulation models are useful for reducing<br />
research costs, predicting nutritional<br />
limitations, and facilitating decision<br />
making on the priorities of animal<br />
nutrition research.<br />
Workshops <strong>with</strong> the participation of the<br />
Tropileche Consortium’s partners facilitate<br />
coordination, increase research efficiency,<br />
reduce the risks associated <strong>with</strong><br />
duplicated efforts, and permit the<br />
prioritization of medium- and long-term<br />
activities.<br />
Ex ante analyses of new improved<br />
technologies are useful for identifying<br />
constraints <strong>to</strong> the adoption of new<br />
technologies by local farmers.<br />
Ex post analyses of new technologies are<br />
useful for determining the economic<br />
impact of new adopted technologies. A<br />
high demand exists for new alternatives<br />
based on improved forages <strong>to</strong> intensify<br />
milk production in the Al<strong>to</strong> Mayo region of<br />
the Peruvian Amazon.<br />
The establishment of shrub legumes <strong>with</strong><br />
sugarcane is a starting point <strong>to</strong>ward<br />
achieving greater economic impact on<br />
small dual-purpose farms located in the<br />
dry tropics of America.<br />
In Central America, the demand for milk<br />
from artisanal cheese producers is higher<br />
during the dry season than in the rainy<br />
season.<br />
• The artisanal cheese producers of Central<br />
America are willing <strong>to</strong> pay better prices for<br />
milk of better hygienic quality.<br />
The dissemination of results is integral <strong>to</strong><br />
research and technology transfer, and is<br />
essential in the adoption of new<br />
technologies.<br />
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