Foreege

Ahịhịa bụ ihe ọkụkụ (karịsịa akwụkwọ osisi na ị ga) nke anụ ụlọ na-ata nri.[1] N'akụkọ ihe mere eme, okwu a na-eri nri pụtara naanị osisi ndị anụmanụ na-eri ozugbo dị ka ịta nri, ihe ọkụkụ, ma ọ bụ ọka ọka na-etobeghị, ma a na-ejikwa ya eme ihe n'ụzọ na-adịghị mma iji tinye osisi ndị yiri ya nke a gbuturu maka nri nri ma buru ya na ụmụ anụmanụ, karịsịa dị ka ahịhịa ma ọ bụ silage..^[1]

Ọ bụ ezie na okwu forage nwere nkọwa sara mbara, a na-eji okwu forage crop akọwa ihe ọkụkụ, kwa afọ ma ọ bụ ugboro abụọ, nke a na-akụ iji mee ihe site na ịta nri ma ọ bụ owuwe ihe ubi n'ozuzu.^[2]

Ahịhịa na-eri gụnyere:^[3]

• Agrostis spp. - ahịhịa ndị dị nro
  • Agrostis capillaris - ahịhịa a na-ahụkarị
  • Agrostis stolonifera - ahịhịa na-agagharị agagharị
• Andropogon hallii - ájá bluestem
• Arrhenatherum elatius - ahịhịa oat adịgboroja
• Bothriochloa bladhii - Australia bluestem
• Bothriochloa pertusa - ahịhịa ajọ ifufe
• Brachiaria decumbens - ahịhịa Surinam
• Brachiaria humidicola - ahịhịa
• Bromus spp. - bromegrasses
• Cenchrus ciliaris - ahịhịa
• Chloris gayana - ahịhịa Rhodes
• Cynodon dactylon - ahịhịa
• Dactylis glomerata - ahịhịa osisi
• Echinochloa pyramidalis - ahịhịa antelope
• Entolasia imbricata - ahịhịa bungoma
• Festuca spp. - feese
  • Festuca arundinacea - fescue dị ogologo
  • Festuca pratensis - ahịhịa ahịhịhịa
  • Festuca rubra - red fescue
• Heteropogon contortus - ahịhịa ojii
• Hymenachne amplexicaulis - ahịhịa marsh nke West India
• Hyparrhenia rufa - jaragua
• Leersia hexandra - ahịhịa ndịda
• Lolium spp. - ahịhịa rye
  • Lolium multiflorum - Italian ryegrass
  • Lolium perenne - osisi ryegrass
• Megathyrsus maximus - ahịhịa Guinea
• Melinis minutiflora - ahịhịa molasses
• Paspalum conjugatum - ahịhịa carabao
• Paspalum dilatatum - osisi
• Phalaris arundinacea - ahịhịa canarygrass
• Phleum pratense - timothy
• Poa spp. - ahịhịa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, ahịhịhịa
  • Poa arachnifera - Texas bluegrass
  • Poa pratensis - Kentucky bluegrass
  • Poa trivialis - ahịhịa na-acha ọbara ọbara
• Setaria sphacelata - bristlegrass nke Africa
• Themeda triandra - ahịhịa kangaroo
• Thinopyrum intermedium - ahịhịa ọka wit dị n'etiti

Nri ahịhịa na-agụnye: ^[4]

• Arachis pintoi - ahụekere pinto
• Astragalus cicer - cicer milkvetch
• Chamaecrista rotundifolia - pea na-emetụta akwụkwọ ya
• Clitoria ternatea - urukurubụba
• Kummerowia - ụmụ nwanyị na-egbu egbu kwa afọ
  • Kummerowia stipulacea - Korean clover, Korean lespedeza
  • Kummerowia striata - Japanese clover, common lespedeza
• Lotus corniculatus - ụkwụ nnụnụ
• Macroptilium atropurpureum - ahịhịa na-acha odo odo
• Macroptilium bracteatum - ụgbụgbọ osisi
• Medicago spp. - ndị dọkịta
  • Medicago sativa - alfalfa, lucerne
  • Medicago truncatula - barrel medicine
• Melilotus spp. - sweetclovers
• Neonotonia wightii - soybean na-adịgide adịgide
• Onobrychis viciifolia - sainfoin a na-ahụkarị
• Stylosanthes spp. - mkpịsị akwụkwọ
  • Stylosanthes humilis - mkpịsị akwụkwọ Townsville
  • Stylosanthes scabra - mkpịsị akwụkwọ osisi
• Trifolium spp. - osisi clovers
  • Trifolium hybridum - clover alsike
  • Trifolium incarnatum - clover na-acha uhie uhie
  • Trifolium pratense - clover na-acha ọbara ọbara
  • Trifolium repens - clover ọcha
• Vicia spp. - vetches
  • Vicia articulata - oneflower vetch
  • Vicia ervilia - ihe ilu
  • Vicia narbonensis - narbon vetch
  • Vicia sativa - vetch nkịtị, tare
  • Vicia villosa - vetch nwere ntutu
• Vigna parkeri - vine na-agagharị agagharị

• Acacia aneura - mulga
• Albizia spp. - osisi silk
• Albizia canescens - Belmont siris
• Albizia lebbeck - lebbeck
• Enterolobium cyclocarpum - osisi ntị
• Leucaena leucocephala - osisi na-eduga

Enwere ike ide okwu site na ndị a: ^[5]

• Alfalfa
• Mkpụrụ ọka
• Ngwakọta ahịhịa na ahịhịhịa
• Ọgwụ ọjọọ
• Oats

• Lemna nke nta - Duckweed
• Pistia stratiotes - Mmiri lecttuce
• Eichhornia crassipes - Mmiri hyacinth
• Salvinia na-ewe iwe - fern
• Ipomoea aquatica - Spinach Mmiri

Ihe ọkụkụ fọdụrụnụ e ji mee ihe dị ka nri gụnyere:

• Sorghum
• Osisi vaịn na-atọ ụtọ
• Mkpụrụ ọka ma ọ bụ soybean
• Osisi mkpụrụ osisi stover

• Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus - Daikon radish/"forage radish"

• Anụ ehi a na-enye ahịhịa
• Azụ maka nri - Obere anụ oriri

1. ↑ Fageria, N.K. (1997). Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops. NY, NY: Marcel Dekker, 583. 
2. ↑ Givens (2000). Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition. CABI, 1. ISBN 978-0-85199-344-7. 
3. ↑ Murphy, B. (1998). Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence. Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 19–20. 
4. ↑ Murphy, B. (1998). Greener Pastures On Your Side of the Fence. Colchester, Vermont: Arriba Publishing, 20. 
5. ↑ George, J. R. (1994). Extension Publications: Forage and Grain Crops. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 152.