Integration of on‐station and farmer participatory evaluation of multipurpose legumes — a case from Cauca,Colombia
The hillsides of Latin America are among the most fragile areas of the world.At the same time they are inhabited by the poorer parts of society,compounding the combined effects of resource degradation and poverty.Stress tolerant forages, in particular legumes, can enhance sustainability of agricultural production systems, primarily through the improvement of animal production and resource conservation but also via agro‐industrial use and firewood production (Schultze‐Kraft & Peters, 1997).In spite of their obvious benefits, adoption of forage legumes has been limited, due to the use of inappropriate germplasm, lack of participation of farmers in the variety development process and/or bottlenecks in seed supply to farmers.To address these constraints, the present study integrates on‐station with Farmer Participatory Research.Fast growing legumes as feed and green manure, and shrub legumes as feed supplements and mulch are attractive alternatives as they can be fitted into existing crop‐livestock systems.
Leucaena diversi f olia/ trichandra tropical forage legumes farmer participatory research
M.Peters R.Schultze-Kraft N.Vivas L.A.Hernández M.C.Tabares K.Zofel
Centro Internacionalde Agricultura Tropical(CIAT ),A.A.6713,Cali,Colombia Centro Internacionalde Agricultura Tropical(CIAT ),A.A.6713,Cali,Colombia;University of Hohenheim(38 Universidad del Cauca,Popayán,Colombia Centro Internacionalde Agricultura Tropical(CIAT),A.A.6713,Cali,Colombia Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica),Pop ayán,Colombia University of Hohenheim(380 ),D-70593 Stuttgart,Germany
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)