FAO webinars: Feeding management of dairy cattle in tropical countries

By Harinder P.S. Makkar, FAO, Rome

Feeding management of dairy cattle in tropical countries is an FAO e-course available from the FAO e-learning platform. The following 4 webinars are based on this FAO e-course and cover 16 modules/lessons tailored for extension workers, progressive farmers, technical staff of the producer organizations, students and teachers:

• Webinar N°1 (module 1 to 4)
• Webinar N°2 (module 5 to 8)
• Webinar N°3 (module 9 to 12)
• Webinar N°4 (module 13 to 16)

The course and the webinars cover the following topics:

• Principles of dairy nutrition and feeding management as cows move through their annual lactation cycle
• Quantification of the likely milk responses to changes in intakes of feed nutrients so that a ration can be formulated to achieve a targeted milk yield
• A practical session on trouble shooting feeding problems
• Specific aspects of dairy production technology such as rearing young stock and feeding for improved fertility

View a short presentation of this course:

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