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Second FAO Electronic Conference on Tropical Feeds
Livestock Feed Resources within Integrated Farming Systems
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Abstract of the thirty fifth paper from A. W. Speedy and T. R.
Preston.

Questions that might stimulate discussion on this topic
include:

1. Is an electronic journal such as LRRD an acceptable medium
for scientific publication and does it achieve the desired
objectives (wider availability and publication of research
from LDCs)?

2. Are the forms of publication (DOS, .HLP and .PDF)
appropriate to the majority of readers and the guidelines for
authors appropriate?

3. Is there additional information on other feeds and
livestock systems which is available and not yet included in
LRRD (or FAO Tropical Feeds)?

PS: The all collection of Livestock Research for Rural
Development is available on the FAO Feed Resources Home Page
at the following address:

http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGA/AGAP/FRG/

under the Electronic Library entry. The FAO database Tropical
Feeds is available on-line at the same address and can also be
downloaded from the Electronic Library entry.

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INFORMATION ON LIVESTOCK FEED RESOURCES AND INTEGRATED FARMING
SYSTEMS FROM THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH FOR
RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Andrew W. Speedy (1) and Thomas R. Preston (2)

(1) Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
E-mail: speedy@ermine.ox.ac.uk

(2) University of Agriculture and Forestry, Thu Duc, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam.
E-mail: thomas%preston%sarec%ifs.plants@ox.ac.uk

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ABSTRACT

Livestock Research for Rural Development was the first
scientific journal to be published only in electronic form,
firstly on diskette and subsequently via ftp
(file-transfer-protocol) and over the World-Wide-Web. The
objective was to both publish information and make it
available to scientists in developing countries, who had
difficulty in the past due to the high costs of conventional
publishing. It was started in 1989 and 20 issues (200 papers)
have been distributed to over 600 persons in more that 40
countries. There are no restrictions on copying and
onward-distribution so a far greater number of readers
probably exist.

The focus has been on nutrition and management within systems
appropriate to the tropics. There have been articles on most
livestock species, including buffalo, goats, sheep, pigs,
ducks and poultry, as well as cattle; and many tropical feeds,
but particularly sugarcane and its by-products, legume trees,
palms, water plants and other unconventional resources. These
have included more detailed aspects such as chemical
treatment, mineral supplementation and anti-nutritional
factors. Several papers have been included on systems
methodology and the development process.

KEY WORDS: Electronic journal, livestock research, rural
development, tropical feeds, unconventional feed resources

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LIVESTOCK FEED RESOURCES WITHIN INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEMS
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