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                                                                                              This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence                                       October 2013  ILRI Forage Factsheet  Objective To provide high quality forage for livestock feed in semi-arid, subhumid tropical and subtropical areas   Description • Herbaceous perennial with strong tap root, trailing, climbing and twining stems and small white to mauve-blue flowers • Reasonably drought-tolerant • Palatable, persistent and combines well with grasses • Restores soil fertility and good for fallows • Use for cut and carry, hay or silage   Limits of use • Slow establishment  • Susceptible to frost • Not adapted to very acidic soils or waterlogging • Cannot withstand continuous intensive grazing   Management Field preparation—well prepared seedbed  Establishment—sow at 4 kg/ha and at 1–2 cm depth in rows 50 cm apart or broadcast  Fertilizer—may not be required on fertile soils. Apply 100 kg DAP per hectare per annum on poor soils. It needs molybdenum for a productive stand  Weeding—slow early growth makes weeding essential in establishment stage four weeks after sowing  Harvesting—harvested by cutting at 20 cm height 7–8 weeks after planting   Performance  Expect about 3-8 t/ha dry matter with a protein content of about 20%  This information leaflet on livestock feeds and feeding technologies for small-scale farmers is developed through collaboration between ILRI and its partners.   For further information, contact      Forage Diversity  International Livestock Research Institute PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Asebe Abdena Email: a.abdena@cgiar.org   Glycine (Neonotonia wightii) for livestock feed on small-scale farms  

Glycine (Neonotonia wightii) for livestock feed on small-scale farms

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Glycine (Neonotonia wightii) for livestock feed on small-scale farms

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