More trees, more milk, more money

Place, F. Roothaert, R. Maina, L. Franzel, S. Sinja, J. and J. Wanjiku 2010

By 2006, 224 organizations were counted across Kenya, Rwanda, northern Tanzania and Uganda promoting fodder shrubs, and some 205,000 farmers had successfully planted fodder shrubs on their farms.
Trials demonstrated that a farmer with 500 fodder shrubs (enough to feed one dairy cow) could increase net income by US$62 to $115 per cow per year, beginning in the second year after planting.
Net benefits accruing to adopters of fodder shrubs in Kenya alone between 1993 and 2008 were estimated at between US$19.7 million and $29.6 million.

Publication:
Full report

Related publication(s):

Fertilizer Trees: Rejuvenating Soils in Southern Africa

Related categories:


2012	Ex-post environmental impact assessment: Lessons from four CGIAR case studies
2010	More trees, more milk, more money
2009	Economic gains of improving soil fertility and water holding capacity with clay application: the impact of soil remediation research in northeast Thailand.
2009	Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa.
2009	Leaving the Plow Behind: Zero-tillage rice-wheat cultivation in the Indo-Gangetic Plains.
2009	The impact of Integrated Pest Management information dissemination methods on insecticide use and efficiency: Evidence from rice producers in South Vietnam.
2008	A participatory approach to increasing productivity of maize through Striga hermonthica control in northeast Nigeria.
2008	An impact assessement of Malaria control through environmental and irrigation water management
2008	Groundwater governance through electricity supply management: Assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India.
2008	Impact of Watershed Program and Conditions for Success: A Meta-Analysis Approach.