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The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Healthy plants are beneficial to the environment as they provide more oxygen and contribute to better carbon storage, they also provide more food and feeds for human and animals.
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 Foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) is one of the oldest cultivated... Read more |
 Molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora P. Beauv.) is a sticky, tufted,... Read more |
 Red moneywort (Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd.) DC.) is an upright robust annual... Read more |
 The papaya tree (Carica papaya L.) is a fast growing perennial branchless tree... Read more |
 Sewan grass (Lasiurus scindicus Henrard) is a perennial grass that can live up... Read more |
 Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is one of the most popular grain legumes... Read more |
 Jaragua (Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf) is a robust, tall (60-240 cm) and erect... Read more |
 African laburnum (Cassia sieberiana DC.) is a perennial legume shrub or tree, up... Read more |
 Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) is a tropical and subtropical legume cultivated... Read more |
 Copra meal, or coconut meal, is an important feed ingredient and the by-product of the... Read more |
 Bambusa bambos is a perennial Poaceae with a 24-32 year life cycle. It grows in... Read more |
 Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) is a strongly tufted, deep-rooted, long-lived... Read more |
 Lehmann love grass (Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees) is a tufted perennial grass.... Read more |
 The common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is an annual scrambling and climbing legume.... Read more |
 Kudzu (Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.) is a perennial climbing, trailing vine... Read more |
 Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. is a perennial, medium-sized (2-15 m... Read more |
 The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is an erect, rhizomatous... Read more |
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ECHO in-house resources include ECHO Development Notes (EDN), ECHO Technical Notes, ECHO Best Practice Notes, ECHO Research Notes and Plant Information Sheets. Presentations from ECHO Conferences are also provided. Many of the plenary sessions are provided as complete video presentations.
The East Africa Animal Feed Action Plan provides a guided approach to pave the way for the sustainable production of quality livestock and products, while improving competitiveness and profitability and ensuring appropriate feed resource management across East Africa. It also provides guidelines to communities, countries, the private sector and livestock stakeholders to optimally use available feed resources in order to increase the supply and quality of animals, products and by-products, and to maximize the economic and social benefits of the livestock subsector.
This feed table was generated from the feed resources data base established through the implementation of the project on Establishment of feed resources data base in Eastern and Central Africa implemented in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda from January 2010 to December 2011. It summarizes available information on chemical composition, digestibility and energy values of locally available feed-stuff resources in the region.
