Planting from vegetative material - cgiar

If farmers want to apply fertiliser to improve the yield of
their forages, they will get the best response from
applying nitrogen (e.g. urea) to grasses and phosphorus
(e.g. TSP) to legumes.
For most smallholder farmers, applying fertiliser to
forages in cut-and-carry systems is impractical or
uneconomical. Often their only option is to return manure
to the forage area. Farm manure is a very good fertiliser
since it is locally available, cheap and releases nutrients
slowly, giving a lasting effect on plant growth. It is easy
for farmers to return manure to the cut-and-carry plots if
they are close to the animal pens. Another alternative is to
plant the forages downhill from the animal pens, where
they can use the nutrients flowing from the pens.
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