Productivity nutritive value and economic potential of irrigatedf odder in two regions of Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAnimal Research Institute, Ghanaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20884en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1435-0645en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAgronomy Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume114en
dc.contributor.authorAmole, Tunde A.en
dc.contributor.authorPanyan, E.en
dc.contributor.authorAdekeye, Adetayo Bamikoleen
dc.contributor.authorAyantunde, Augustine A.en
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.contributor.authorBlümmel, Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-08T10:47:40Zen
dc.date.available2021-11-08T10:47:40Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115875
dc.titleProductivity nutritive value and economic potential of irrigatedf odder in two regions of Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractAn on‐farm study was conducted in the northern and Upper East regions of Ghana to investigate the productivity and nutritive value of irrigated ruzi grass [Urochloa ruziziensis (R. Germ. and C.M. Evrard) Crins] (syn. Brachiaria ruziziensis (R. Germ. and C.M. Evrard)] and forage sorghum (Sorghum almum) grasses as options against dry season feed scarcity and to understand associated market opportunities. Sixty participating farmers each established 100‐m2 plots which were sown at 15 kg ha–1 drilled in 60‐cm rows in the dry season of 2016 and 2017. Irrigation was by flooding of soil surface every alternate day throughout the period of the trial. At both regions, herbage accumulation and nutritive value of forage species were determined at four harvesting stages: 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after planting (WAP) followed by 4‐wk intervals between harvests. At the end of the trial, fresh biomass was weighed, bundled, and sold in major livestock feed markets to estimate market price. Allowing forages to establish for only 8 wk resulted in two 4‐wk regrowth harvests with dry matter accumulation (DMA) ranging from 4.5 to 8.1 Mg DM ha–1 from both species and in both regions. Generally, herbage nutritive values in terms of crude protein, metabolizable energy (ME) concentration, and in vitro digestible organic matter (IVDOM) declined (P < .05) while DMA increased linearly with delay in harvest. While both grasses adapted well in the regions under irrigation, 8 WAP harvests provided the best balance between nutritive value and DMA. Irrigated fodder must be marketed more effectively since currently market prices are not closely related to nutritive value.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-11-02en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmole, T.A., Panyan, E., Adetayo, A., Ayantunde, A. A., Duncan, A.J. and Blummel, M. 2021. Productivity nutritive value and economic potential of irrigated fodder in two regions of Ghana. Agronomy Journalen
dcterms.extentpp. 148-164en
dcterms.issued2022-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectgrassesen
dcterms.subjectnutritive valueen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectlivestock feeden
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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