Bruno Gérard FAP Symposium on Feed in Smallholder Systems, Luang Prabang, Laos, 18-19 November 2010

1. Livestock feed as a component of smallholder systems: Tradeoffs in biomass/crop residues use Bruno Gérard FAP Symposium on Feed in Smallholder Systems LuangPrabang, Laos, 18-19 November 2010

3. increasing importance of CR to feed livestock, emerging CR marketing opportunities

5. Manure Urines Manure Urines RANGELAND CROPLAND Fertilizers Fertilizers Feed LIVESTOCK Feed HOUSEHOLD MARKETS Residues Weeds Live animals Meat Milk Forage Food Wood Grains Residues Weeds Live animals Meat Milk Forage Food Wood Grains From Powell et al. 1996

6. Feedtrade Specialization Crop/livestock integration at the household level Integration Conflict risks SA/SEA SSA SSA peri-urban Level of system’s intensification Demographic pressure

7. 1966 2004

9. Dual-purpose crops

10. Monitoring of the evolution of some mixed farming systems

11. Feed deficit assessments at various scales (but gaps)

12. Conceptual frameworks and models (do they serve the purpose?)

13. Conservation agriculture research

14. Feed markets (but incomplete)- On going SLP global project on CR tradeoffs But how much research findings have been put into use?

16. How to better articulate research findings in meaningful way for development

17. Policy

18. Decision support for development interventions

19. Participatory research addressing farm and landscape scale issues

20. Long term effects of CR management on soil productivity

23. Reduce pressure on biomass? Need for enabling environments and novel participatory approaches (IP and/or something else?)

24. Pretty strong drivers so better not ‘swim against the flow’!