Integrating Characterization of Smallholders’ Feeding Practices with On-Farm Feeding Trials to Improve Utilization of Crop Residues on Smallholder Farms

This study characterized wheat straw feeding practices in smallholder farms using cross sectional survey and the results informed the design of an experiment to improve the nutritive value of wheat straw with urea and yeast culture treatment. Three diets tested in 49 days’ feeding trial were farmers...

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Published in:Advances in agriculture (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) 2017, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-7
Main Authors: Migwi, P. K., Ooro, P. A., Bebe, B. O., Kashongwe, B. O., Onyango, T. A.
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