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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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 Zornia (Zornia glabra Desv.) is a perennial legume grown for forage in Latin... Read more |
 False Rhodes grass (Trichloris crinita (Lag.) Parodi) is a perennial grass... Read more |
 Blackseed grass (Chloris virgata Swartz.) is a tropical and subtropical annual... Read more |
 Hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta L.) is a subtropical and tropical legume shrub... Read more |
 Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is a tropical and subtropical plant cultivated for... Read more |
 African sheepbush (Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze) is an aromatic rounded... Read more |
 Asna (Terminalia elliptica Willd.) is a medium to large deciduous tree native to... Read more |
 The wild amaranth (Amaranthus graecizans L.) is an annual, summer growing herb... Read more |
 Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf or Urochloa decumbens (Stapf)... Read more |
 Achyranthes aspera L. is an herbaceous plant from the tropics and subtropics, ... Read more |
 Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a legume crop grown primarily for its edible seeds... Read more |
 Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean pseudo-cereal crop that is... Read more |
 Straw is the crop residue consisting of the dry stems and leaves left after the harvest... Read more |
 Alyce clover (Alysicarpus ovalifolius (Schumach. & Thonn.) J. Léonard) is an... Read more |
 Cisssus quadrangularis is a deciduous, woody climber belonging to the grape... Read more |
 Sheanut (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.) is a deciduous, small to medium-... Read more |
 Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv., known as speargrass in Nigeria, alang-alang... Read more |
 Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is a legume mainly grown for its edible seeds (... Read more |
 Hedge lucerne (Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.) is a highly variable perennial... Read more |
 Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum Flügge) is a perennial rhizomatous grass, up to 1... Read more |
 Shrimp meal or shrimp waste meal is the undecomposed ground dried waste of shrimp. There... 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.
