Editing Fodder (section)

== Droughts ==

[[File:Farmer mills branches of shrubs for the production of animal fodder in Namibia.jpg|thumb|Milling shrubs for low-cost fodder,  Namibia ]]

Increasing intensities and frequencies of drought events put rangeland agriculture under pressure in semi-arid and arid geographic areas. Innovative emergency fodder production concepts have been reported, such as bush-based animal fodder production in Namibia. During extended dry periods, some farmers have used woody biomass fibre from [[Woody plant encroachment|encroacher bush]] as their primary source of cattle feed, adding locally-available supplements for nutrients as well as to improve palatability.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Mupangwa |first1=Johnfisher |title=Utilising Encroacher Bush in Animal Feeding |date=2023 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2427-1_14 |work=Towards Sustainable Food Production in Africa: Best Management Practices and Technologies |pages=239–265 |editor-last=Fanadzo |editor-first=Morris |access-date=2023-07-13 |series=Sustainability Sciences in Asia and Africa |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer Nature |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-99-2427-1_14 |isbn=978-981-99-2427-1 |last2=Lutaaya |first2=Emmanuel |last3=Shipandeni |first3=Maria Ndakula Tautiko |last4=Kahumba |first4=Absalom |last5=Charamba |first5=Vonai |last6=Shiningavamwe |first6=Katrina Lugambo |editor2-last=Dunjana |editor2-first=Nothando |editor3-last=Mupambwa |editor3-first=Hupenyu Allan |editor4-last=Dube |editor4-first=Ernest|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Shiningavamwe |first1=Katrina Lugambo |title=Feed intake, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Damara lambs fed bush-based rations from four encroacher bush species |date=2024-05-14 |url=https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4241387/v1 |access-date=2024-06-13 |doi=10.21203/rs.3.rs-4241387/v1 |last2=Lutaaya |first2=Emmanuel |last3=Mupangwa |first3=Johnfisher}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher =Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry |date =2018|title = Report on the Bush-to-Feed Pilot Projet in the African Wild Dog Community Forest|url = http://www.forestry.gov.na/documents/32982/937523/NAFOLA+Report+on+bush/8be204be-eb4f-4156-bac7-610ae9c35315?version=1.0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-11-30|title=Manual on how to produce animal feed from local encroached bush launched |work= Namibia Economist| url=https://economist.com.na/40365/agriculture/manual-on-how-to-produce-animal-feed-from-local-encroached-bush-launched/|access-date= |first = Donald|last = Matthys}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-10-18|title=Turning bush to feed in face of drought|work=The Namibian|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/157045/archive-read/Turning-bush-to-feed-in-face-of-drought|access-date=2020-06-22|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625070201/https://www.namibian.com.na/157045/archive-read/Turning-bush-to-feed-in-face-of-drought|url-status=dead}}</ref>