This is dependent on the location since in the tropics there is a variety of stand alone and legume fodder over crops that can be used as intercrops. Basically falling into annuals and perennials.

It seems that in determining a feed as fodder for animal consumption, especially unknown and new plants, their digestibility, especially the percentage of lignin in it, as well as its palatability can be among the main measurement criteria.

Dear colleague:

The first step is to determine animal aceptance for such resource, then the following steps will depend on the kind of animal, i.e. ruminants or monogastics.

Intake, chemical composition and digestibility or rumen degradability are important points or view.

Best regards,

Redimio

There must be many points around, 1) Adaptability to the ecosystem 2) animal aceptance including nutritional value 3) multiplication capacity 4) techonolgical aceptence by farmers 5) management

As part of the check-list, novel species may need to be assessed for anti-nutritive factors.

Entiendo, que más que aspectos de manejo y factores bioticos y abioticos, se refiere a la metodología en sí. En ese caso, el IVI o el VIR con el método del transepto cuadrante siguen siendo efectivas para ello. Sin embargo, también el uso de herramientas como los SIG y el uso de drones con camaras multiespectrales pueden ser estudiadas y validadas para una metodología de identificación de especies vegetales.