Planting from vegetative material - cgiar

ways of expanding their forage area and integrating
forages with other crop and farm activities. Some will grow
forages purely for livestock feed, such as in cut-and-carry
plots. Others will grow forages in ways that provide
additional benefits such as growing forages in contour
hedgerows which not only provide livestock feed but also
reduce soil erosion.
This process of working with farmers to integrate forage
technologies into their farming systems is described in
detail in another booklet in this series 'Developing
agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers -
participatory approaches for getting it right the first time'.
This booklet focuses on issues facing smallholder farmers
in low-input upland systems. We have written it specifically
for development workers who are providing these farmers
with the information and the planting material they need to
develop forage solutions on their farms. It does not
attempt to cover all aspects of forage agronomy and seed
production but aims to provide development workers with a
tool box of information, methods and ideas to help them
get started and respond to new situations as they emerge.
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