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We were saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Dr. Rainer Schultze-Kraft this year. Born in Germany in 1941, Rainer studied agronomy and earned his PhD in Justus Liebig University, Giessen (Germany). In 1973, he started working at CIAT where he helped to set up CIAT's genetic resources unit and collected more than 20,000 accessions of tropical forage legumes adapted to hot, arid areas with poor, acid soils.
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 Bananas are the fruits of the banana tree (Musa sp.). Bananas grow in bunches... Read more |
 Banana (Musa sp.) is one of the major fruit crops, cultivated in all warm and... Read more |
 Babul (Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile) is a medium sized, thorny, nearly... Read more |
 Babassu (Attalea speciosa Mart. ex Spreng.) is an erect perennial evergreen palm... Read more |
 Axlewood (Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Bedd.) is a small to... Read more |
 Atil (Maerua crassifolia Forssk.) is a small evergreen tree, 3-10 m high, with a... Read more |
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 Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henrard) is a perennial, warm-... Read more |
 The apple-ring acacia (Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev.) is a deciduous... Read more |
 Antelope grass (Echinochloa pyramidalis (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase.) is a tall... Read more |
 Aleppo grass (Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.) is a forage grass widespread... Read more |
 Agati (Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.) is a legume tree used for fodder in... Read more |
 The African stylo (Stylosanthes fruticosa (Retz.) Alston) is a woody herbaceous... Read more |
 The African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Harms) is a... Read more |
 The African birch (Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr.) is a slow... Read more |
 The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is one of the eight species of baobab... Read more |
 Soybean (Glycine max. L.) is a major legume crop grown for its protein- and oil-... Read more |
 Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray) is a tropical herb or... Read more |
 Lotononis (Lotononis bainesii Baker) is a perennial herb from tropical and... Read more |
 Lablab (Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet) is a summer-growing annual or occasionally... Read more |
 The kapok bush (Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult.) is a perennial semi-... Read more |
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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.
This document provides a state-of-the-art review of the recent research (published and unpublished) on the use of pulses and their by-products as animal feed. It aims at raising awareness on the use of pulses and their by-products. It highlights the nutritional role of pulses and pulse by-products as animal feed and is a contribution to the legacy of the 2016 International Year of Pulses. This document will further enhance the use of these feed resources in other continents, besides Asia, where many pulse by-products are simply dumped. It is also expected that the synthesis presented contributes to make the use of pulses and their by-products as animal feed more efficient. This document will be useful for extension workers, researchers, feed industry, policy-makers and donors alike.
Open access document. This paper puts forward a case for formulation of a regional animal feed action plan (RAFAP) and highlights its potential benefits.
