There, livestock depends on fibrous crop residues, which have low digestibility, low protein content, poor palatability and bulkiness (Zadrazil et al. 1995).
However, beside low protein content, poor fiber digestibility is the main limitation of animal performance in sugarcane-based diets (Pereira et al. 2001).
In developing countries, livestock depends on fibrous crop residues, these have low digestibility, low protein content, poor palatability and bulkiness (Zadrazil et al. 1995).
Rice straw is characterized by low digestibility, low protein content, poor palatability, high bulkiness and low mineral content which discourages its use as the sole source of feed for ruminants (Van Soest 2006).
Increased protein content is particularly desirable for poor regions such as Asia and Africa where malnutrition is widespread.
In these regions, cowpea is often referred to as "poor man's meat" because of its high protein content 20-255%) and good nutritional value [ 4].
Reduced tillage combined with low inputs produced the poorest quality grain as measured by parameters based on protein content.
In this study, we measured protein content as a surrogate for evidence of poor nutrition in CCD colonies, and these results suggest that nutrition does not play a decisive factor.
In addition, the starvation induced the increased protein content in extracellular polymeric substances and the poorer bacteria settling capacity.
Legumes are vitally important crops due to their high protein content, especially in countries where meat protein is rarely consumed (they are sometimes called the "meat of the poor"; de Jager, 2013).
