Rural small-scale farmers embrace fodder banking

 

All over the world livestock play an important role as an income-generating avenue especially for most small-scale farmers. They provide traction to plough fields, manure which maintains crop productivity, and nutritious food products for human consumption.

In most small-scale farming systems livestock graze in pastures or woodlands feeding on grass and other herbaceous plants. During the wet season, these lands provide adequate forage to maintain productive animals.