Publication Date
1989
Description
In Egypt, the serious problem of feed shortage, especially of green summer fodder suppresses the improvement of animal production. Therefore, dependence on improving local food and food resources for both animals and humans becomes a «must» for a right policy. The animal feeding system is depending on the cultivation of berseem (Trifolium alexandrium L.). It produces annually around 4.81 million tons starch value/year and could cover the requirements of animals with surplus of 0.92 million tons starch value. However, in summer period, there will be at least a deficiency of 1.50 million tons starch value and most animals are in fact in a starving condition receiving less than their maintenance requirements (Gabra, 1984 and Gabra et al., 1987). Therefore, any forage crop which might be helpful in solving this problem, ought to be sought for investigation. Cowpea could play an important role for feeding livestock under these conditions. This study was conducted to determine the best variety concerning fodder yield and seed production.
Citation
Ghobrial, K M. and Gabra, M A., "Comparative Study of Some Varieties of Cowpea I- Productivity and Nutritive Analysis" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 21.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session3/21
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Comparative Study of Some Varieties of Cowpea I- Productivity and Nutritive Analysis
In Egypt, the serious problem of feed shortage, especially of green summer fodder suppresses the improvement of animal production. Therefore, dependence on improving local food and food resources for both animals and humans becomes a «must» for a right policy. The animal feeding system is depending on the cultivation of berseem (Trifolium alexandrium L.). It produces annually around 4.81 million tons starch value/year and could cover the requirements of animals with surplus of 0.92 million tons starch value. However, in summer period, there will be at least a deficiency of 1.50 million tons starch value and most animals are in fact in a starving condition receiving less than their maintenance requirements (Gabra, 1984 and Gabra et al., 1987). Therefore, any forage crop which might be helpful in solving this problem, ought to be sought for investigation. Cowpea could play an important role for feeding livestock under these conditions. This study was conducted to determine the best variety concerning fodder yield and seed production.
