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Growing fodder trees and use as feed

Level 3 - Extension Workers, Input & Service Providers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Benefits of (Agro) fodder trees

3. Characteristics of fodder trees

4. Examples of fodder shrubs and trees

5. Growing fodder trees

6. Seed treatment

7. Seed treatment cont...

8. Seed treatment cont...

9. Seed treatment of various fodder trees

10. Rhizobium inoculation

11. Steps of inoculating seeds with rhizobium bacteria

12. Establishing fodder trees

13. Sowing fodder tree seeds in a nursery

14. Vegetative propagation of fodder trees

15. Vegetative propagation of fodder trees cont...

16. Direct field planting of fodder trees

17. Direct field planting of fodder treed cont...

18. Fodder trees as animal diet supplements

19. Management of fodder trees

20. Calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus)

21. Feeding calliandra

22. Feeding calliandra cont...

23. Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala)

24. Feeding leucaena

25. Feeding leucaena cont...

26. Sesbania (Sesbania sesban, S. glandiflora)

27. Feeding sesbania

28. Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium)

29. Feeding gliricidia

30. Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)

31. Feeding pigeon pea)

32. Uses of fodder trees by livestock

33. Fodder trees in farming systems

34. Fodder trees in agroforestry systems

35. Fodder tree adaptation challenges

36. Possibilities of fodder tree up-scaling

37. Take home summary