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Fodder Tree Systems

Fodder Tree Systems is an agroecological framework that integrates selected tree and shrub species into livestock production systems to provide high-quality forage, distinguishable from other feed systems by its emphasis on perennial woody vegetation managed for sustainable biomass production and soil fertility enhancement.

61

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2.3K

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174

Authors

65

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

61

Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilisation

Jess D. Reed, H. Soller, Adrienne Woodward · Animal Feed Science and Technology · 1990 · 263 citations

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Fodder trees for improving livestock productivity and smallholder livelihoods in Africa

Steven Franzel, Sammy Carsan, Ben A. Lukuyu et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · 2013 · 198 citations · Full text

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Production and marketing of leaf meal from fodder shrubs in Tanga, Tanzania. A pro-poor enterprise for improving livestock productivity.

Steven Franzel, C. Wambugu, T. Nanok et al. · 2007 · 111 citations

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Tannins in tropical tree fodders fed to small ruminants: A friendly foe?

Miguel Ángel Alonso-Díaz, J.F.J. Torres-Acosta, C.A. Sandoval-Castro et al. · Small Ruminant Research · 2010 · 92 citations

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Multipurpose fodder trees in the Ethiopian highlands: Farmers’ preference and relationship of indigenous knowledge of feed value with laboratory indicators

A. Mekoya, S.J. Oosting, S. Fernández-Rivera et al. · Agricultural Systems · 2007 · 87 citations

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Authors

174

  1. SF
    Steven Franzel

    World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya

    6 publications · 451 citations

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    h-index

  2. CS
    C.A. Sandoval-Castro

    Autonomous University of Yucatán, Mexico

    4 publications · 248 citations

    4

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  3. RR
    R. Roothaert

    World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. CW
    C. Wambugu

    World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya

    3 publications · 324 citations

    3

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  5. LH
    L. Hove

    University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

    3 publications · 119 citations

    3

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1–5 of 174

Institutions

65

  1. World Agroforestry Centre

    Nairobi, Kenya

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    588 citations

  2. Autonomous University of Yucatán

    Mérida, Mexico

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    607 citations

  3. Kenya Forestry Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

  4. University of Zimbabwe

    Harare, Zimbabwe

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    42 citations

  6. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

    Toluca, Mexico

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    101 citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    309 citations

  8. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

    Campeche, Mexico

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    192 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Feed Science and Technology

    8 publications · 565 citations

    8

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  2. Agroforestry Systems

    5 publications · 97 citations

    5

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  3. Small Ruminant Research

    3 publications · 155 citations

    3

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  4. Tropical grasslands

    2 publications · 62 citations

    2

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  5. Livestock Science

    2 publications · 35 citations

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