Validate conserved forages to provide a hig-quality forage after natural disaster

The purpose of this project is Crotalaria juncea L. for conserved forages: Improving resilience of farmers to withstand natural disasters. To validate the adaptability of Crotalaria juncea planted as a sole crop or in association with Panicum maximun cv. Mombaza to generate an innovative cropping system to promote the use of crotalaria juncea L. as a forage crop able to produce high quality hay that can be stored and use later in the season to feed livestock during periods of shortage cause by natural disasters or severer weather events. OBJECTIVES – Identify key strategies and project design, alignment of resources and activities, strategic partners and their roles, objectives and goals clearly identified
Conserving forages of grasses and legumes is an alternative to storage high quality feed that can be used latter in the season to feed livestock and withstand periods of drought, floods and other natural disasters. The validation and educational activities is proposed to stimulate the use of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) to produce conserved forages that can be used after natural disaster such as drought, floods or hurricanes to provide a high-quality forage to feed livestock.