#brachiaria

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Dieta de Confinamento – Feno de Brachiaria Neste vídeo, apresentamos o uso do Feno de Brachiaria com uma alternativa para uso em dietas de Confinamento. Este volumoso permite flexibilidade no ...

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Brachiaria grass can help Kenya's dryland food producers improve their soils and yields under a changing climate

Brachiaria grass can help Kenya’s dryland food producers improve their soils and yields under a changing climate

BecA-ILRI Hub scientist Sita Ghimire describes the advantages of Brachiaria grass to Claes Kjellström, senior policy specialist at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), in Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: BecA-ILRI Hub/Marvin Wasonga).

The original article on which this is based was written by Ethel Makila, communications specialist for the BecA-ILRI Hub.

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Brachiaria: The 'wonder grass' that could transform African dairy

Brachiaria: The ‘wonder grass’ that could transform African dairy

Sita Ghirmire, a senior scientist and Brachiaria specialist working at the BecA-ILRI Hub (Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute Hub), located at ILRI’s headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Sourcing fodder poses a big headache to many dairy farmers. Brachiaria, a grass repatriated to Africa from Brazil, is good for grazing, can be baled as hay, and…

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Brachiaria - grass roots answer to nitrification (re-published)

Brachiaria humidicola could be a valuable tool in tackling climate change Brachiaria nitrification

  John Miles  

You don’t hear much about nitrification in the news; its formidable environmental and agricultural impact is usually eclipsed by coverage of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. But this natural microbial process in soil causes the conversion of fertiliser nitrogen into nitrous oxide…

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