Common Pastures
Sep. 8 | 2017
Small Ruminant Production and Nutrition Systems Dr. Andrés Cibils developed and presented a graduate student seminar: “Feeding Grazing Ruminants in the Tropics” to 17 master’s students […]
Sep. 8 | 2017
Feeding Small Ruminants Year-Round The primary objective of this assignment was to provide the F3P supported farmers with knowledge, skills and tools to practically implement better […]
Mar. 17 | 2017
Common Pastures volunteers Jake Holmes and Mitchelle Makanjoula, in partnership with Live your Dream Mali, worked together to produce this video, which highlights their activities at […]
Jan. 4 | 2017
Mali produces excellent fruits and vegetables in-season in such abundance that they cannot be consumed fast enough and are wasted on a regular basis. Yet […]
Jan. 4 | 2017
In the village of Solla-Bougouda, as in many other villages in the West Sikasso region, most families have corn porridge for breakfast; and corn porridge, break […]
Oct. 23 | 2016
Molasses Blocks from Local Ingredients Sheep and goat diets in Mali are based on fibrous, low nutrient feeds like mature pastures and crop residues. These […]
Oct. 23 | 2016
Producing silage is one method of treating low quality crop residues. Silage consists of cut plant material that is sealed in a silo without air and […]
Sep. 28 | 2016
Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) [br] Fellow African leader, is it true that you have decided not to apply for a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF)? […]
Aug. 21 | 2016
Tracking Livestock to Quantify Their Activity & Grazing Patterns Why is GPS Tracking of Livestock Helpful? The increased knowledge of livestock grazing patterns is especially useful […]