NEADAP Breakfast Webinar on Rumen8
Rumen8 is a free software application to easily manage dairy and beef cattle rations to increase production, reduce costs and lower enteric methane intensity. It was adapted for use in East Africa by adding, amongst others, a tropical feed library with 230 feeds. It has proven itself as a powerful tool for reducing the feed cost, increasing margin above feed costs and reducing enteric methane emissions per liter of milk.
The Netherlands East African Dairy Partnership (NEADAP) considers this tool a ‘best practice in dairy and beef’ and promotes its wider use. Rumen8 is now already used by more than 300 dairy advisors in East Africa. Currently the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) is introducing the Rumen8 tool in Uganda through a training and coaching program which involves more than 45 extension officers introducing their recommendations on more than 32 dairy farms. Later this year (2021) SNV will introduce Rumen8 in Ethiopia.
The foreseen Breakfast Webinar of NEADAP on Thursday the 8th of July includes a video impression of how Rumen8 is used at dairy farms in Kenya, introductions by experts Jos Creemers and Hink Perdok, practical demonstrations how to use Rumen8 in the formulation of a cattle ration followed by a Question and Answer session.
The Netherlands East African Dairy Partnership (NEADAP) considers this tool a ‘best practice in dairy and beef’ and promotes its wider use. Rumen8 is now already used by more than 300 dairy advisors in East Africa. Currently the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) is introducing the Rumen8 tool in Uganda through a training and coaching program which involves more than 45 extension officers introducing their recommendations on more than 32 dairy farms. Later this year (2021) SNV will introduce Rumen8 in Ethiopia.
The foreseen Breakfast Webinar of NEADAP on Thursday the 8th of July includes a video impression of how Rumen8 is used at dairy farms in Kenya, introductions by experts Jos Creemers and Hink Perdok, practical demonstrations how to use Rumen8 in the formulation of a cattle ration followed by a Question and Answer session.
Interested in joining? Click here to register & join us on July 8 or read more about NEADAP and the Netherlands Food Partnership here.
Mr. Geert Westenbrink, NEADAP
Mr. Wim Goris, Netherlands Food Partnership
