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Successful small ruminant feeding strategies: Lessons from elsewhere and their application in Ethiopia Bill Thorpe

Successful small ruminant feeding strategies: Lessons from elsewhere and their application in Ethiopia Bill Thorpe. Ethiopian Livestock Feed Project Synthesis workshop, Addis Ababa, 28-29 May 2012. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies. Three-pronged approach:

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Successful small ruminant feeding strategies: Lessons from elsewhere and their application in Ethiopia Bill Thorpe

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  1. Successful small ruminant feeding strategies: Lessons from elsewhere and their application in EthiopiaBill Thorpe Ethiopian Livestock Feed Project Synthesis workshop, Addis Ababa, 28-29 May 2012

  2. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies Three-pronged approach: • Our knowledge of current & past R&D activities and the related literature + • Electronic search of the SR literature + • Asked key informants in LAC, Africa, Asia for: - advice - info’ about undocumented examples - links to grey literature Synthesis Workshop May 28th

  3. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies Recent FAO electronic conference: “Successes and failures with animal nutrition practices and technologies in developing countries” • Many theoretical options but limited uptake; • Failure of research to involve farmers; • Failure to demonstrate convincing benefit : cost ratios; • Weakness of extension services Synthesis Workshop May 28th

  4. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies • Need for farmer participatory, action-research based approach • Examples from CIAT’s SE Asia prog., Horne & Stür; often labour-saving important • Understand livelihood systems including gender issues • Understand SR value chains: input and output markets - increasing demand for meat driving adoption? Synthesis Workshop May 28th

  5. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies: entry points in the production cycle? For Ethiopia’s SR meat prod. systems, what entry points responsive to better feeding? • Whole cycle thro’ better grazing management and better crop residues? • Fattening/finishing phase? • Post-weaning growth? • Ewe/doe fertility? Opportunities to exploit beneficial nutrition x health interactions? Synthesis Workshop May 28th

  6. Identifying successful SR feeding strategies: what technologies and approaches? • Smart feeding: targeting to improve efficiency of utilization of available feeds • Community-based management of CPRs? • Food-feed crop improvement and cropping systems (e.g. legume intercropping)? • Planted forages for stall-feeding: grasses, herbaceous legumes, MPTs? • Others? Synthesis Workshop May 28th

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