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Australia – ACIAR

Development of a knowledge system for the selection of forages for farming systems in the tropics (co-financed with BMZ)


Australia – AusAID

Forages and Livestock Systems Project (FLSP)


Australia - Curtin University

Incorporating socio-economic data and expert knowledge in representations of complex spatial decision-making


Central America - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)

Enhancing beef productivity, quality, safety, and trade in Central America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras)


Colombia – Colombian Government

Grasses and legumes with high nutritive quality

Grasses and legumes adapted to low fertility acid soils

  • Grasses and legumes adapted to drought and poor soil drainage and resistant to pests and diseases
  • Integration of improved grasses and legumes in savanna production systems

Germany – BMZ

Farmer participatory research in action: Selection and strategic use of multipurpose forage germplasm by smallholders in production systems in hillsides of Central America

An integrated approach for genetic improvement of aluminium resistance of crops on low-fertility acid soils

Development of a knowledge system for the selection of forages for farming systems in the tropics (co-financed with ACIAR)

Using multipurpose legume diversity to improve soil and feed quality including application in a watershed in the Central American hillsides

Demand-driven use of forages in fragile dry season environments of Central America to improve livelihoods of smallholders


Germany - Volkswagen Foundation

Research and development of multipurpose forage legumes for smallholders croplivestock systems in the hillsides of Latin America (with the U. of Hohenheim and CORPOICA)


Japan – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs-JIRCAS

Role of endophytes in tropical grasses

Tropical Forage Project


Mexico - Semillas Papalotla S.A. de C.V.

Brachiaria Improvement Program


Nicaragua – FONDEAGRO

 Participatory introduction of improved forages in smallholder dairy production systems in Matagalpa, Nicaragua


Nicaragua – FUNICA

Validation of cropping systems that introduce legumes as green manures and cover crops regarding the sustainability of traditional production systems in a microwatershed in San Dionisio, Nicaragua


Philippines - Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Livelihood and Livestock Systems Project (LLSP)


Switzerland – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)

Adaptation of Brachiaria to low P

The forage potential of tanniniferous legumes: The search for sustainable ways to cope with nutritional limitations on smallholder systems

Improved feeding systems for smallholder dairy cattle with emphasis on dry season feeding and its effect on milk production and quality


United Kingdom – DFID

Development of a database and retrieval system for the selection of tropical forages for farming systems in the tropics and subtropics, SoFT (with CSIRO, ILRI, and QDPI)

 


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