%0 Conference Paper
%A Umutoni, C
%A Bado, B V
%A Whitbread, A M
%A Ayantunde, A
%A Abdoussalam, I
%A Korombe, H S
%B Tropentag 2019: Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management
%C University of Kassel, Germany
%D 2019
%F icrisat:11418
%K Crops, Crops Residues, Small Ruminants, Sheep, Mixed Farming
%T Evaluation of the feed quality of six dual purpose pearl millet varieties and growth performance of sheep fed their residues in Niger
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/11418/
%X Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is a  staple food popularly cultivated by  small farmers in Niger. The stover are  also used as feeds for livestock (small  ruminant) as basal diet, especially  during the cold dry season.   ICRISAT has developed many dualpurpose  millet varieties that aim to  increase feeds for livestock while  providing grain as food to farmers. But  the nutritional quality of Stover of  these varieties for livestock are not  known.   This research aims to assess the  quality of residues of the dual-purpose  varieties and their effect on feed  intake and live weight changes of  young sheep.