Years ago, sorghum was one of the most important food crops in Africa, but over the years, farmers have abandoned it in favour of maize. However, what farmers do not know is that sorghum has many ...

FODDER crop is essential for the promotion and development of livestock. In Pakistan, there are two types of livestock production practices i.e., rural household and large herds kept in rangelands.

KUALA LUMPUR: A local sorghum strain developed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is a cost-effective potential alternative to imported animal feed, researchers say. The Putra SB2 sorghum variety has ...

It is a well accepted fact that feeding dairy animals is incomplete without including green fodder in their diet. However, the major constraints in production of green fodder are decreasing land size ...

MARSABIT, KENYA: The KCB Foundation has launched a long-term project to grow livestock fodder using hydroponic technology in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid counties in a bid to drive up agricultural ...

Sorghum has a lot to offer, and people have recently started paying attention to this grain’s usefulness. Sorghum has been used in the United States for fodder and in birdseed mixes. It is also used ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has recommended 89 hybrid varieties of maize, sorghum, millet, and fodder crops for commercial cultivation in the country. The decision was ...

The government plans reducing the country's dependence on imported fodder by reserving 30% of green scheme land for fodder production. The idea will be started with a N$33 million injection to the ...

MADURAI: An engineer, retired from the Electricity Board (EB), Madurai, has found a different form of vertical farming for fodder cultivation, known as hydroponics, which can serve as an alternative ...