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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Activity 2.1. On-farm evaluation of different forage systems for beef cattle in<br />
dual-purpose systems 48<br />
Milk production in dual-purpose cows grazing pastures of Brachiaria brizantha cv. La Libertad<br />
alone and associated <strong>with</strong> Arachis pin<strong>to</strong>i cv. El Porvenir in the subhumid tropics of Costa Rica 49<br />
Effect of age of regrowth and cutting height on productivity of Cratylia argentea cv. Veraniega<br />
in the subhumid tropics of Costa Rica 55<br />
Effect of supplementing fresh and ensiled Cratylia argentea cv. Veraniega on milk production of<br />
dual-purpose cows in the subhumid tropics of Costa Rica 61<br />
Effect of using Centrosema macrocarpum on milk production in the Al<strong>to</strong> Mayo region of the<br />
Peruvian Amazon 66<br />
Effect on milk yield of the association of Brachiaria brizantha <strong>with</strong> Arachis pin<strong>to</strong>i in the Al<strong>to</strong> Mayo<br />
region of the Peruvian Amazon 70<br />
Activity 2.2. Evaluation of new feeding alternatives <strong>to</strong> allow early weaning 72<br />
Use of Stylosanthes guianensis for strategic supplementation of pre-weaned calves in the<br />
Peruvian Amazon 73<br />
Use of Stylosanthes guianensis <strong>with</strong> pre-weaned calves in dual-purpose production systems in the<br />
forest margins of Colombia 75<br />
Activity 2.3. Integration of information using ruminant and feed system models 77<br />
Decision <strong>to</strong>ols <strong>to</strong> overcome nutrition constraints in dual-purpose cattle in agro-silvopas<strong>to</strong>ral<br />
systems: Net carbohydrate and protein system model 78<br />
Application of the model <strong>to</strong> research results at the Quilichao station 79<br />
Usefulness of the CNCPS model 83<br />
Activity 2.4. Workshops and meetings <strong>to</strong> analyze and plan research activities 84<br />
Annual meeting: February 1998, Costa Rica 85<br />
Annual workshop: June 1999, Peru 86<br />
Regional consultation meeting: Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 1999, Cost Rica 87<br />
Research Results 88<br />
Component 3: Usefulness of New Forage <strong>Systems</strong> 88<br />
Activity 3.1. Diagnosis and economic characterization of land use at benchmark sites 88<br />
Ex-ante analysis of new forage alternatives on dual-purpose cattle farms in Peru, Costa Rica, and<br />
Nicaragua 89<br />
Early adoption of Arachis pin<strong>to</strong>i in the humid tropics: The case of dual-purpose cattle systems in<br />
Caquetá, Colombia 103<br />
The need for forage technologies in the Al<strong>to</strong> Mayo region of the Peruvian Amazon 108<br />
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