Opportunities to grow annual forage legume fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) under Mexican silvapastoral system
The first part of this chapter provides an introduction to Mexican livestock systems. The second part describes silvopastoral systems which are recognized as a strategy for food production, including the integration of annual, forage, legumes such as fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum L.). The thir...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Digital Institucional de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redi.uady.mx:123456789/1134 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://redi.uady.mx:8080/handle/123456789/1134 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2 info:eu-repo/classification/cti/3 Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum L Mexico Forage Legume Silvopastoral system |
| Sumario: | The first part of this chapter provides an introduction to Mexican livestock systems. The second part describes silvopastoral systems which are recognized as a strategy for food production, including the integration of annual, forage, legumes such as fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum L.). The third part highlights the importance of silvopastoral systems for livestock production and how fenugreek can be integrated in to the diet of the Mexican livestock. Overall the current review discusses various agronomics aspects of intercropping with fenugreek mainly as a fodder bank for increased fodder yield and quality. Fenugreek cultivation can not only improve the local animal diet but it can also improve the soil nitrogen content. Based on this current review it can be concluded that integrating fenugreek into silvopastoral systems with livestock production could be a good sustainable solution to enhance the biodiversity of the system as well as increase the margin of profitability for the local producers and growers. |
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