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Alleviating dry season forage shortages by improved crop protection in the Central Kenyan Highlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

B. A. Lukuyu ,
A. J. Murdoch ,
J. G. M. Njuguna ,
D. Romney ,
E. Owen ,
J. Maina ,
D. M. Mwangi ,
F. Musembi ,
G. N. Mbure  and
S. N. Njihia
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B. A. Lukuyu
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K. Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre – Muguga, PO Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
A. J. Murdoch*
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
J. G. M. Njuguna
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre – Muguga, PO Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya
D. Romney*
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya
E. Owen
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
J. Maina
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Laboratories, PO Box 14733, Nairobi, Kenya
D. M. Mwangi
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, Headquarters PO Box 57811 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya
F. Musembi*
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre – Muguga, PO Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya
G. N. Mbure*
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre – Muguga, PO Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya
S. N. Njihia*
Affiliation:
Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, National Agriculture Research Centre – Muguga, PO Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya
A. McLeod
Affiliation:
PAN Livestock Services, The University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
P. T. Dorward
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
A.N. Jama
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
F. Mould
Affiliation:
The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, U.K.
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Email: a.j.murdoch@rdg.ac.uk
Email: d.romney@cgiar.org
Email: jack.kari@africaonline.co.ke
Email: jack.kari@africaonline.co.ke
Email: jack.kari@africaonline.co.ke
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In the Central Kenyan Highlands, dairy cattle ownership is a crucial element in poverty alleviation. For example, in Kiambu district just north of Nairobi, out of the population of 744010, 48% of 189709 households stall feed dairy cattle. Farm sizes average 1.1 to 2.0 ha per household. Producing sufficient forage for dairy cattle is difficult and low dry matter intake constrains dairy production and there is a positive correlation between stover intake and milk yield.. Napier grass comprised 40% of the total dry matter fed to cattle and maize forage 24% according to the project’s Rapid Rural Appraisal, maize thinnings and stover being routinely fed to livestock. In another survey, dry maize stover accounted for nearly 65% of dry matter intake of dairy cattle during October.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 32
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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