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Re: Invitation to FAO Econf on Tropical Silage

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The below will, I'm sure, be of interest to some of you.

 

Looking forward to seeing as many of you as can make it at the ATNESA

'99 workshop on

 

" Empowering farmers with animal traction into the 21st Century"

 

here in sunny south Africa

 

20 - 25 September

 

THIS YEAR!!

 

Kindest regards

 

Richard

 

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Date sent: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:46:53 +0200

"Speedy, Andrew (AGAP)" <Andrew.Speedy (AT) fao (DOT) org>

Invitation to FAO Econf on Tropical Silage

 

 

Friends

 

This is to invite you to to an electronic conference on Tropical

Silage (a review of the potential use of silage for livestock production in

the tropics, with special reference to small holders). Please copy this

message to colleagues or others who may be interested in the subject. It

will run from 1 September to 30 November 1999.

 

You can register by sending a message to:-

MAILSERV (AT) MAILSERV (DOT) FAO.ORG

with the following words in the body of the message (no subject required):

SUBSCRIBE SILAGE-L "Your name, organization, country"

 

e.g.

SUBSCRIBE SILAGE-L "John Smith, FAO, Italy"

 

This special format (with your name, organization and country in quotes)

will put these details into the list. But you do not need to put your email

address in the message.

 

Alternatively, registration can occur directly on our web site:

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/agp/agpc/gp/silage/home.htm

 

NOTE: We will not you automatically. This ensures that the correct

address is given.

 

The proposed programme is:

1. Introduction to Conference.

2. An Introduction to silage making in the tropics.

3. Use of ensiled forages in large-scale animal production systems in the

tropics.

4. Use of ensiled forages in smallholder production systems in the tropics.

5. Silage from tropical grasses and legumes.

6. Silage from tropical cereals and fodder crops.

7. Silage from agricultural by-products and industrial and non-agricultural

residues.

8. Silage from by-products for smallholders.

9. Harvesting and ensiling techniques.

10. Additives to improve the silage making process of tropical feedstuffs.

11. Case studies of successful adoption of silage making in year-round

feeding systems.

12. The future for silage in the tropics.

 

The conference will be on the world-wide-web and the FAO mailserver.

Papers will be released at approximately weekly intervals and discussion on

each paper will be circulated. The conference will be moderated by Len

'tMannetje from Wageningen. The proceedings will eventually be published

both electronically and conventionally.

 

Poster papers may be submitted and should be 1-2 pages long. They may be

submitted in MS Word or other wordprocessor format. They can be traditional

(introduction, method, results and conclusions) or simply a description of

your experiences whatever they are). Tables and graphics and photos may be

included, but should be kept to a minimum. Please use the minimum of page

formatting. That is, use standard fonts and margins and do not reset

margins, tabs, etc. during the paper. Portrait page format only, no headers,

footers, footnotes etc.

References should take the form:

Smith, A.B. 1998. Making silage in the tropics. Journal of Tropical

Agriculture 25, 123-129.

 

We apologize if you received this message more than once. There will be no

further blanket mailing after this.

 

Organisers:

Caterina Batello, Agricultural Officer AGPC

Stephen Reynolds, Senior Officer, AGPC

Max Shelton, Visiting Scientist, AGPC

Andrew Speedy, Senior Officer, AGAP

Prof. Len 'tMannetje, Wageningen

 

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Further details of the Conference are available on our website.

 

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/agp/agpc/gp/silage/home.htm

 

 

 

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Richard Fowler

East Coast Co-ordinator

Farming Systems Research & Technology Transfer

Grain Crops Institute : Agricultural Research Council

P/bag X 9059 PIETERMARITZBURG 3200 SOUTH AFRICA

 

PHONE: 27 (0) 331 3559410 (alternative 3559409)

FAX: 27 (0) 331 3559518 (alternative 434281)

E-mail: rfowler (AT) cedara1 (DOT) agric.za

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