{"id":5552,"date":"2022-06-07T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:13:22","slug":"the-centers-caribbean-cluster-trains-stakeholders-in-small-ruminant-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/global-food-security-and-defense-quarterly\/2022\/the-centers-caribbean-cluster-trains-stakeholders-in-small-ruminant-production\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CENTER\u2019S CARIBBEAN CLUSTER TRAINS STAKEHOLDERS IN SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/06\/Jamaican-small-ruminant.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/06\/Jamaican-small-ruminant.png 445w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2022\/06\/Jamaican-small-ruminant-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamaican small ruminant farmers benefited from the CEGFSD<br>small ruminant specialists\u2019 expertise. Since receiving the grant<br>in 2021 through the Center, Dr. Arthur Goetsch in collaboration<br>with his counterparts have positively impacted small ruminant<br>farmers in Jamaica. Through their project \u201cFibrous Plant<br>Resources in Jamaica for Ruminant Livestock Production,\u201d the<br>CEGFSD scientists have been able to determine areas of Jamaica,<br>regional climatic, soil, and vegetation conditions, seasons, plant<br>species and stages of growth to be considered in characterizing<br>the nutritional value of high-fiber plant resources in Jamaica<br>available for use in ruminant livestock production systems.<br>The research team also developed and evaluated plant and<br>soil sampling protocols and identified most appropriate means<br>of analyses; and finally created preliminary forage and soil<br>geodatabases to be refined in activities of a subsequent project.<br>The following knowledge and skills have been gained through<br>this project: the establishment of a preliminary forage and<br>soil geodatabase established; the increased knowledge of the<br>nutritional value of fibrous plant resources; and the formulation<br>of least-cost supplements and diets for higher levels and<br>efficiencies of production by ruminant livestock in Jamaica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican small ruminant farmers benefited from the CEGFSDsmall ruminant specialists\u2019 expertise. Since receiving the grantin 2021 through the Center, Dr. Arthur Goetsch in collaborationwith his counterparts have positively impacted small ruminantfarmers in Jamaica. Through their project \u201cFibrous PlantResources in Jamaica for Ruminant Livestock Production,\u201d theCEGFSD scientists have been able to determine areas of Jamaica,regional climatic,&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/global-food-security-and-defense-quarterly\/2022\/the-centers-caribbean-cluster-trains-stakeholders-in-small-ruminant-production\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">THE CENTER\u2019S CARIBBEAN CLUSTER TRAINS STAKEHOLDERS IN SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":5553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":110,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,108],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-110","category-global-food-security-and-defense-quarterly"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5552"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=5552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}