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Adisseo invites you on August 27th to a free webinar where you will discover how digestible amino acid profiles drive protein efficiency in dairy cows. This presentation will explore how pushing the boundaries of metabolic flexibility can improve protein efficiency in dairy cows while supporting sustainability goals and reducing nitrogen losses to the environment.

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  • Kelly Nichols, PhD Assistant Professor University of California, Davis
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Blanket grass (Axonopus compressus) sward, Maui, Hawaii

Blanket grass (Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.) is a robust creeping... Read more

Black gram (Vigna mungo) seeds

Black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) is an erect, fast-growing annual,... Read more

Birdwood grass (Cenchrus setiger) spike

Birdwood grass (Cenchrus setiger Vahl) is a tufted perennial grass up to 70-100... Read more

Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) cut for cattle, Alexandria, Egypt

Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) is one of the most important leguminous... Read more

Bauhinia (Bauhinia thonningii) tree, Malawi

Bauhinia thonningii is a legume tree 4 to 15 m high, with a round crown. The... Read more

Barley grain

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the main cereal crops. With 150 million... Read more

Barbadinho (Desmodium barbatum) habit, Zimbabwe

Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth is a short-lived perennial, erect, more or less... Read more

Banana peels

Banana peels are the outer envelopes of banana fruits. They are the by-product of... Read more

Banana trunk, North Vietnam

While banana production is a fruit crop, it generates large amounts of forage material... Read more

Pig eating bananas

Bananas are the fruits of the banana tree (Musa sp.). Bananas grow in bunches... Read more

Banana plant at Kew Gardens, UK

Banana (Musa sp.) is one of the major fruit crops, cultivated in all warm and... Read more

Babassu (Attalea speciosa), Maranhao, Brazil

Babassu (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng.) is an erect perennial evergreen palm... Read more

Anogeissus latifolia

Axlewood (Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Bedd.) is a small to... Read more

Atil (Maerua crassifolia Forssk.) tree, Sahara, Mauritania

Atil (Maerua crassifolia Forssk.) is a small evergreen tree, 3-10 m high, with a... Read more

Armgrass millet, seeds, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

The armgrass millet (Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf) is a stoloniferous annual... Read more

Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica), habit, Prescott, Arizona

Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henrard) is a perennial, warm-... Read more

Apple-ring acacia (Faidherbia albida), Burkina Faso

The apple-ring acacia (Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev.) is a deciduous... Read more

Antelope grass (Echinochloa pyramidalis), seeds

Antelope grass (Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase.) is a tall... Read more

Aleppo grass (Sorghum halepense) thicket,

Aleppo grass (Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.) is a forage grass widespread... Read more

Agati (Sesbania grandiflora), Hawaii

Agati (Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.) is a legume tree used for fodder in... Read more

African stylo (Stylosanthes fruticosa), Hyderabad, India

The African stylo (Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston) is a woody herbaceous... Read more

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Broadening horizons

By Harinder P.S. Makkar1

1International Consultant, Sustainable Bioeconomy, Vienna, Austria (Formerly at FAO/IAEA, University of Hohenheim)

An overview of an array of uses of moringa tree parts was presented in Broadening Horizons No. 60. Here, the applications of moringa seeds, with a focus on water purification are presented.

Recent resources

Moulinkilia - Fiches et tables de valeurs nutritionnelles des aliments et fourrages tropicaux destinés aux animaux d’élevage  - Heuzé et al., 2019. INRAE Unité de Recherches Zootechniques. Centre de recherche Antilles-Guyane, Petit-Bourg, (Guadeloupe) France

Moulinkilia est un compendium en langue française sur les principales ressources alimentaires locales pour les animaux d’élevage de la Guadeloupe, réalisé à partir des travaux réalisés dans le cadre du programme Feedipedia (INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ et FAO, http://www.feedipedia.org/).

Opinion paper: Phasing out of the aid provided to the livestock sector during expectedly recurrent emergencies - Makkar, 2024. animal

Open access opinion paper that makes a case that the emergency aid do more harm than good to African countries. It is valid for all the fields of agriculture but has direct consequence for animal agriculture. The context here is the aid provided during emergencies that are foreseeable recurrent.

The role of livestock in food security, poverty reduction and wealth creation in West Africa The role of livestock in food security, poverty reduction and wealth creation in West Africa - Molina-Flores et al., 2020. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Accra, 2020

Livestock is key to 377 million people in West Africa and in some countries, up to 60% of the population is involved in livestock production. The demand for animal products is increasing with population growth, urbanization, growing middle class, and due to shifting consumer preferences towards animal products. To meet this growing demand, countries in West Africa must engage in accelerated sustainable livestock production undertaking. Livestock development is key to eradicate hunger and poverty. This book attempts to provide up-to-date, and reliable information on the potentials, opportunities, and challenges of the livestock subsector in West Africa. 

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