ILRI Feed and Forages strategy - inputs by ILRI

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Thank you for contributing to the development of a feed and forages development (FFD) strategy for ILRI.

The survey below will collect some basic information about you, and then ask for your inputs to various questions. This is the first step as we engage across ILRI and beyond so we can have a good product ready in October.

The survey is intended to help us identify major challenges as well as potential solutions in the area of feed and forage development. We also hope many of you will sign up to join a follow up email discussion.

Please respond before 10 July so we can advance the next steps in the strategy development.

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* 1. Your name

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* 2. Your ILRI program/department

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* 3. The ILRI region where you are located

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* 4. Your FFD expertise

Beginner

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* 5. The most significant challenge(s) to better feeding of livestock I have come across or observed are (briefly describe with any additional context to help us understand the issues and why they are significant).

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* 6. The most interesting or promising livestock feeding solutions I have come across are (briefly describe with any additional context to help us understand the solution or intervention). Note: solutions could be technical e.g. irrigated forages, or organizational e.g. novel financing mechanisms to improve credit for feed purchases.

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* 7. Applying new tools in molecular genetics and genomic technologies is likely to offer the following opportunities for feed and forage improvement in ILRI target regions and species:

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* 8. The most significant problems in feeding livestock in ILRI target regions and species are (indicate the severity of the problem on a scale of 1 to 5, from unimportant to critical):

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Limited availability of feed	Limited availability of feed 1	Limited availability of feed 2	Limited availability of feed 3	Limited availability of feed 4	Limited availability of feed 5
High costs of feed	High costs of feed 1	High costs of feed 2	High costs of feed 3	High costs of feed 4	High costs of feed 5
Low quality of feed	Low quality of feed 1	Low quality of feed 2	Low quality of feed 3	Low quality of feed 4	Low quality of feed 5
Seasonal scarcity of feed	Seasonal scarcity of feed 1	Seasonal scarcity of feed 2	Seasonal scarcity of feed 3	Seasonal scarcity of feed 4	Seasonal scarcity of feed 5
High feed wastage	High feed wastage 1	High feed wastage 2	High feed wastage 3	High feed wastage 4	High feed wastage 5
Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ	Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ 1	Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ 2	Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ 3	Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ 4	Lack of suitable technical solutions that farmers can employ 5
Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers	Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers 1	Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers 2	Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers 3	Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers 4	Recommending the wrong solutions to farmers 5
Lack of feed and fodder markets	Lack of feed and fodder markets 1	Lack of feed and fodder markets 2	Lack of feed and fodder markets 3	Lack of feed and fodder markets 4	Lack of feed and fodder markets 5
Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed	Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed 1	Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed 2	Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed 3	Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed 4	Competing demands on crop biomass which limit availability as livestock feed 5
Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties	Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties 1	Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties 2	Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties 3	Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties 4	Lack of improved feeds and forage varieties 5
Insufficient information on forage value of forage species	Insufficient information on forage value of forage species 1	Insufficient information on forage value of forage species 2	Insufficient information on forage value of forage species 3	Insufficient information on forage value of forage species 4	Insufficient information on forage value of forage species 5
Inadequate forage seed distribution systems	Inadequate forage seed distribution systems 1	Inadequate forage seed distribution systems 2	Inadequate forage seed distribution systems 3	Inadequate forage seed distribution systems 4	Inadequate forage seed distribution systems 5
Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making	Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making 1	Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making 2	Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making 3	Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making 4	Lack of tools for on-farm feed management and decision making 5
Inadequate feed distribution systems	Inadequate feed distribution systems 1	Inadequate feed distribution systems 2	Inadequate feed distribution systems 3	Inadequate feed distribution systems 4	Inadequate feed distribution systems 5
Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc)	Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc) 1	Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc) 2	Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc) 3	Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc) 4	Large environmental impacts of livestock feeds and feeding (GHG emissions, water use etc) 5
Insufficient land to produce feed	Insufficient land to produce feed 1	Insufficient land to produce feed 2	Insufficient land to produce feed 3	Insufficient land to produce feed 4	Insufficient land to produce feed 5
Insufficient labour to produce feed	Insufficient labour to produce feed 1	Insufficient labour to produce feed 2	Insufficient labour to produce feed 3	Insufficient labour to produce feed 4	Insufficient labour to produce feed 5
Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods	Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods 1	Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods 2	Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods 3	Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods 4	Insufficient farmer technical knowledge to adopt new feeding methods 5
Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods	Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods 1	Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods 2	Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods 3	Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods 4	Insufficient cash/credit to adopt new feeding methods 5
Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements	Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements 1	Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements 2	Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements 3	Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements 4	Policies and regulations that limit delivery of feed improvements 5
Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions	Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions 1	Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions 2	Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions 3	Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions 4	Inadequate data on returns to feed and forage interventions 5

Other (please specify)

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* 9. The approaches, solutions and interventions I see in trying to improve livestock feeding that should be AVOIDED are:

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* 10. Looking to the future, the most difficult livestock feeding issue that a research organization needs to overcome is:

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* 11. The most significant change I see in future livestock production that will have serious implications for livestock feeding is:

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* 12. Later this month, we want to dive deeper into promising targets and intervention strategies for ILRI FFD research. Please enter your email address if you WANT to contribute to this. Follow up discussion will be through a moderated timebound email discussion.

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