The registration of these varieties is also anticipated to boost the market value of pasture seeds, positioning Nigeria as a competitive player in the global forage seed market. We’ve got the edge.

KOTA KINABALU: Conservation groups are feeling optimistic about using napier grass to keep elephants out of conflict with humans after some 15 elephants were seen grazing on the plant along the ...

Elephant grass is a robust, rhizomatous, tufted perennial grass. It has a robust root system, which grows from the nodes of its creeping stolons. The culms are coarse, perennial, and can grow to be 4m ...

The grass pasture, initiated at the southern fringe of the Tabin reserve by Bora in 2021, is an award-winning effort that kicked off the Napier grass planting project on a 20ha site.

Today, Bangladesh is largely dependent on imports of industrially manufactured cattle feed as large farms prefer to nourish their cattle with feed concentrates. However, one thing is growing fast ...

1. High Yield: Napier grass is a productive and versatile forage grass native to Africa and southeast Asia. It grows rapidly, reaching a height of 10-15 feet, and can be harvested 5-6 times annually.

It also produces so many gloves in one stamp thus producing a lot of food for the animals at a go," he said. In comparison with silage, the Juncao Napier grass variety gives them 18 tonnes in one acre ...

Till date, Napier grass is mainly used in India as a fodder crop, used as feed to the cattle directly or made as hay or even silage to feed farm animals. The upcoming plant in Maharashtra will not ...