Sustainable Agriculture Extension Manual

Part 9

Livestock technologies

Animal draught power, 200

Using donkeys for draught power in Kenya, 201

Requirements for a donkey harness, 202

Training donkeys to work as draught animals, 202

Zero-grazing, 204

Shed construction, 205

Fodder, 207

Feeding and management, 207

Planting Napier grass for fodder, 208

Tethering, 211

Tethering in the highlands of Ethiopia, 211

Poultry manure as a cattle-feed supplement, 213

Leucaena tea as a feed supplement, 215

Bee-keeping, 217

Protecting bees from predators and poisoning, 218