Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for forage nutritive value analysis in sub-Saharan African countries

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen
cg.contributor.affiliationMekelle Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.creator.identifierChris Jones: 0000-0001-9096-9728en
cg.creator.identifierPadmakumar Varijakshapanicker: 0000-0003-2916-3746en
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20801en
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.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCK SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume114en
dc.contributor.authorBalehegn, Mulubrhanen
dc.contributor.authorVarijakshapanicker, Padmakumaren
dc.contributor.authorZampaligre, Nouhounen
dc.contributor.authorBlümmel, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorAyantunde, Augustine A.en
dc.contributor.authorJones, Christopher S.en
dc.contributor.authorPrasad, Kodukula V.S.V.en
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.contributor.authorDejene, M.en
dc.contributor.authorAdesogan, Adegbola T.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T06:52:02Zen
dc.date.available2021-08-12T06:52:02Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/114625
dc.titleNear-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for forage nutritive value analysis in sub-Saharan African countriesen
dcterms.abstractLimited supply of quality feed is the most common problem limiting livestock productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Routine feed evaluation is indispensable for formulating balanced rations, feed characterization, safety, and minimizing the environmental impact of livestock. Traditional wet chemistry has not met this demand in SSA because it is time consuming, expensive, reliant on imported reagents and equipment that requires regular maintenance. Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) is a rapid and accurate alternative. The NIRS can help meet the need to characterize locally available forages and feeds on the continent, thus allowing formulation of optimally balanced and safe rations, facilitating establishment of nutritive value‐based pricing, and improving feed marketing and environmental stewardship. Though several NIRS systems have been purchased in many SSA countries, few are currently used. Reasons include high upfront costs, lack of requisite technical capacity, lack of access to comprehensive wet chemistry‐based databases to develop and validate robust and accurate predictive equations, lack of access to or relevance of existing validated equations, and limited awareness about the value of NIRS. Recently developed portable devices can dramatically reduce cost, while providing flexibility and comparable accuracy to benchtop systems. Formation of NIRS consortia and communities of practice including public–private partnerships that link equipment, pool resources, and provide periodic training and troubleshooting, can address many of these problems. This paper elaborates the potential for using NIRS to improve feed analysis in SSA countries, the reasons for the low use of existing systems, and strategies to improve the adoption and use of NIRS.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-09-06en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBalehegn, M., Varijakshapanicker, P., Zampaligre, N., Blümmel, M., Ayantunde, A., Jones, C.S, Prasad, K., Duncan, A.J., Dejene, M. and Adesogan, A.T. 2021. Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for forage nutritive value analysis in sub-Saharan African countries. Agronomy Journalen
dcterms.extentpp. 100-114en
dcterms.issued2022-01en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.subjectmixed farmingen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectfeedsen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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