Developing forages with smallholder farmers -
how to select the best varieties to offer farmers

Horne, P.M. and Stür, W.W. 1999.
ACIAR Monograph No. 62. 80 p.
ACIAT and CIAT

Cover
Preliminaries
Acknowledgements
Contents
1. Before you start... What are forages? Why is this booklet needed?

2. How to evaluate forages with farmers
Understand farmers' needs
Choose suitable ways of growing and using forages
Choose forages that are best adopted to the climate and soil
Offer the best varieties to farmers, not any variety of
a species
Offer a basket of choices

3. How to select the best forages
Suitability of forages for different uses
Adaptation of forages to climates and soils
Special Considerations

  4. More about each species
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
5. Appendices
Origin and identification of recommended forage varieties
Where can we get planting material of these varieties?

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