Ruminant production in rural areas of Africa is based on open grazing with little or no supplementary feeding. Animals move tens of kilometers in search of fodder. This is compounded by environmental issues. Grazing lands are shrinking, urbanization, increase in population and conflicts. Upon all these challenges GHG emissions has to be reduced. How can the rural population of Africa contribute?
To mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sustain ruminant production in rural Africa:
1. Re-seeding our rangelands with palatable perennial grass seed varieties, cenchrus cilliaries, panicum maximum, anthepora pubsencens etc
2. Farmers should start venturing into fodder production, especially irrigated fodder.
3. Government to introduce fodder banks to assist farmers
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