Addressing feed gap using resilient forage-based feed options and densification: A perspective from Tunisia

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dc.creatorRudiger, Udo
dc.creatorPeters, Michael
dc.creatorMwendia, Solomon
dc.creatorP. S. Makkar, Harinder
dc.creatorHassan, Sawsan
dc.creatorDey, Bhramar
dc.date2024-07-31
dc.date2024-11-14T15:03:23Z
dc.date2024-11-14T15:03:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:22:38Z
dc.descriptionIn the face of animal feed insecurities, the present perspective focuses on Tunisia and explores the potential of locally available materials - such as, forages and by-products - to increase quality feed supply in the country. Forage production from a mix of forage species (triticale, oats, fenugreek, and vetch) in different proportions to pellet production using a mix of grains of maize, barley and soybean and locally available feed ingredients such as date palm byproducts, grain brans, tomato plant, saline-tolerant local alfalfa, among others are being increasingly used by small and medium farmers. Business models through public-private partnerships that include feed densification technologies like palletization provide a novel solution to spatially configure feed supply in the north and demand sink in southern Tunisia where agroecological conditions are arid. With appropriate and effective policy and enabling environment, these adaptive strategies that build local resilience have applicability in Tunisia and beyond.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/159749
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/77872
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFeedipedia
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceUdo Rudiger, Michael Peters, Solomon Mwendia, Harinder P. S. Makkar, Sawsan Hassan, Bhramar Dey. (31/7/2024). Addressing feed gap using resilient forage-based feed options and densification: A perspective from Tunisia. France: Feedipedia.
dc.subjectforage
dc.subjectsmall ruminants
dc.subjecttunisia
dc.subjectgrass pea (lathyrus sativus)
dc.subjectforage
dc.subjectoat (avena sativa)
dc.subjecttriticale
dc.subjectgoats
dc.subjectsheep
dc.subjectfenugreek
dc.subjecthedysarum coronarium
dc.subjectfeed pellets
dc.subjectfeed densification agricultural by-products
dc.titleAddressing feed gap using resilient forage-based feed options and densification: A perspective from Tunisia
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