Publications by authors named "Solomon W Mwendia"
Article Synopsis
- The increasing demand for livestock products in sub-Saharan Africa highlights the need for improved livestock feed quality and productivity.
- The study evaluated the dry matter yields and nutritional quality of three types of grasses at various harvesting times and found that the Cayman grass generally outperformed the others in yield and quality.
- Recommendations suggest harvesting grasses at 4 to 6 weeks to ensure better quality without sacrificing yield, which is crucial for smallholder farming systems.
Despite the significant livestock contribution to households' nutrition and incomes in many African smallholder farms, milk productivity remains low. Inadequate feeding is the main reason for the underperformance. To contribute towards addressing this, an on-farm feeding trial was undertaken in Ol-joro-Orok Central Kenya.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Low rainfall is a major limitation to expanding the dairy industry in semi-arid environments in East Africa. In such dry areas, plants need to keep their tissues hydrated and stomata open for carbon exchange and to grow. On this basis, we assessed the productivity of 10 lines of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.
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