using fodder from trees and shrubs to feed livestock in the tropics OUTLINE OF THE MANUAL

by Dr O.B. Smith
International Development Research Centre
West and Central Africa Regional Office
Dakar, Senegal

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Smith, O.B.
Using fodder from trees and shrubs to feed livestock in the tropics.
(FAO Better Farming Series, no. 42)
ISBN 92-5-103476-1

1. Browse plants 2. Trees 3. Cultivation 4. Livestock 5. Animal feeding
I. Title II. Series

FAO code: 11 AGRIS: F01; L02

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BETTER FARMING SERIES

The titles published in this series are designed as hand-books for intermediate-level agricultural education and training courses. They may be purchased as a set or individually.

1. The plant: the living plant; the root
2. The plant: the stem; the buds; the leaves
3. The plant: the flower
4. The soil: how the soil is made up
5. The soil: how to conserve the soil
6. The soil: how to improve the soil
7. Crop farming
8. Animal husbandry: feeding and care of animals
9. Animal husbandry: animal diseases; how animals reproduce
10. The farm business survey
11. Cattle breeding
12. Sheep and goat breeding
13. Keeping chickens
14. Farming with animal power
15. Cereals
16. Roots and tubers
17. Groundnuts
18. Bananas
19. Market gardening
20. Upland rice
21. Wet paddy or swamp rice
22. Cocoa
23. Coffee
24. The oil palm
25. The rubber tree
26. The modern farm business
27. Freshwater fish farming: how to begin
28. Water: where water comes from
29. Better freshwater fish farming: the pond
30. Better freshwater fish farming: the fish
31. Biogas: what it is; how it is made; how to use it
32. Biogas 2: building a better biogas unit
33. Farming snails 1: learning about snails; building a pen; food and shelter plants
34. Farming snails 2: choosing snails; care and harvesting; further improvement
35. Better freshwater fish farming: further improvement
36. Raising rabbits 1: learning about rabbits; building the pens; choosing rabbits
37. Raising rabbits 2: feeding rabbits; raising baby rabbits; further improvement
38. Better freshwater fish farming: raising fish in pens and cages
39. Raising ducks 1: how to begin
40. Raising ducks 2: further improvement; a larger flock
41. Raising ducks 3: further improvement; taking care of a larger flock
42. Using fodder from trees and shrubs to feed livestock in the tropics

PREFACE

The first 26 volumes in FAO's Better Farming Series were based on the Cours d'apprentissage agricole prepared in Côte d'Ivoire by the Institut africain de développement économique et social for use by extension workers. Later volumes, beginning with No. 27, have been prepared by FAO for use in agricultural development at the farm and family level. The approach has deliberately been a general one, the intention being to create a basic model that can be modified or expanded according to local conditions of agriculture.

Many of the booklets deal with specific crops and techniques, while others are intended to give farmers more general information that can help them to understand why they do what they do, so that they will be able to do it better.

Adaptations of the series, or individual volumes in it, have been published in Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Creole, Hindi, Igala, Indonesian, Kiswahili, Malagasy, SiSwati, Thai and Turkish. This volume has been prepared by the FAO Animal Production and Health Division (Dr P.L. Puglièse).

Requests for permission to issue this manual in other languages and to adapt it according to local climatic and ecological conditions are welcomed. They should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

Booklets 27 to 41 in the FAO Better Farming Series were written and illustrated by Tom Laughlin, working closely with the technical divisions concerned.

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OUTLINE OF THE MANUAL

Introduction

Some common fodder trees and shrubs

Feeding fodder from trees and shrubs

Growing fodder trees and shrubs

Practical tips

Books to read