Table of Contents:
  • Trends in demand for feed
  • Assessing feed supplies in relation to increasing demands
  • A summary of case studies on national, regional and global feed assessments
  • A synthesis of methodologies available for national feed assessments
  • Guidelines for the development of National Feed Assessment Systems (NFASs) and the implementation of National Feed Assessments (NFAs)
  • References for sections I and II
  • Demand growth for animal-source foods: implications for livestock feed production
  • The Swiss feed balance
  • The Indian feed inventory
  • Pastoral surveillance system and feed inventory in the Sahel
  • Development and application of Earth observation-based rangeland monitoring techniques in Namibia
  • Gobi Forage Livestock Early Warning System
  • Livestock feed inventory on the Tibetan Plateau by remote sensing and in situ observation
  • The development of feed balances for livestock
  • The use of ecosystem simulation modelling to assess feed availabilities for large herbivores in heterogeneous landscapes
  • Technologies, tools and methodologies for forage evaluation in grasslands and rangelands