Storing cattle feed can improve milk and meat yields: why African farmers aren't doing it

By Mulubrhan Gebremikael, Researcher, University of Florida

Africa’s cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent’s grazing lands are lush and green in the rainy season, only to wither into dry scrublands in the dry season.

For instance, while Burkina Faso produces an excess of six million tons of forage a year, its Sahel livestock producing regions have a deficit of two million tons annually.

The quantity of food for cattle isn’t the only issue: another is its quality. Studies have shown that in

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