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Database on Dual-Purpose Cattle Production <strong>Systems</strong><br />

Anderson Medina and Federico Holmann<br />

CIAT-ILRI, Colombia<br />

In Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 1996 the Tropileche Consortium developed a database that<br />

contains the results of research conducted on dual-purpose cattle systems<br />

in tropical Latin America since 1960. Topics covered are nutrition and<br />

feeding, forages (grasses and legumes), genetic improvement of animals and<br />

reproduction, animal health, economics, and extension, transfer, and<br />

adoption of technology.<br />

The database currently contains about 2,260 references, all <strong>with</strong> basic<br />

descrip<strong>to</strong>rs; about 70% also include an abstract. This database was<br />

developed in Micro CD/ISIS and follows the guidelines of FAO’s AGRIS-<br />

CARIS information system. The database can be accessed on Internet at<br />

the Tropileche web site (http:/www.ciat.<strong>cgiar</strong>.org/tropileche/start.htm).<br />

Over the last two years, an average of 139 users consulted the database<br />

each month.<br />

146

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