1.8.2

Guidelines for tropical pasture management and grazing management (II)

Level 2 - Lead Farmers

Introduction

1. You will learn about...

2. Grass-based pastures: Kikuyu grass

3. Fertilizing kikuyu grass

4. Nutritional quality of kikuyu grass components

5. Nutritional quality of mixed (grass/legume) pastures

6. Nutritional quality of pastures during wet season

7. Nutritional quality of grasses in early vegetative stage

8. Forage quality as related to maturity

9. Nutritional quality of grasses in early vegetative stage

10. How to get the best out of tropical pastures

11. How to get the best out of tropical pastures-Energy

12. How to get the best out of tropical pastures-Fibre

13. How to get the best out of tropical pastures-Protein

14. Balancing rations to get the best out of tropical pastures

15. How to get the best out of tropical pastures during drought

16. Consequences of poor pasture management

17. Consequences of poor pasture management cont'd...

18. Conditions for pasture condition scoring (PCS)

19. Conditions for pasture condition scoring (PCS) cont'd...

20. Pasture condition scoring (PCS)

21. Key/tips to high quality pasture

22. Key/tips to high quality pasture cont'd...