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1.6

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