The Cavia porcellus L. systems implemented by small producers in Colombia have been slow to apply the processes of development and incorporation of feeding practices and technology in nutritional support. The objective of this study was to determine the feeding practices and technology in nutritional support implemented and projected in the C. porcellus L. systems by the producers. Four components were evaluated in 404 C. porcellus L.  units and 29 focus groups: demography, identification of the production unit, implemented feeding practices, technology in nutrition and feeding, and the C. porcellus L. producers' perspectives. A Pearson Chi-squared test, a Tukey’s T-test, and a Multiple Linear Regression were used to evaluate the differences between regions using SPSS software version 20. The average area of C. porcellus L. -producing units corresponded to 0.35 ha (Nariño) and 0.17 ...

The Cavia porcellus L. systems implemented by small producers in Colombia have been slow to apply the processes of development and incorporation of feeding practices and technology in nutritional support. The objective of this study was to determine the feeding practices and technology in nutritional support implemented and projected in the C. porcellus L. systems by the producers. Four components were evaluated in 404 C. porcellus L.  units and 29 focus groups: demography, identification of the production unit, implemented feeding practices, technology in nutrition and feeding, and the C. porcellus L. producers' perspectives. A Pearson Chi-squared test, a Tukey’s T-test, and a Multiple Linear Regression were used to evaluate the differences between regions using SPSS software version 20. The average area of C. porcellus L. -producing units corresponded to 0.35 ha (Nariño) and 0.17 ...

High Andean dairy farming is characterized by intensive and inefficient management of natural resources. Its operation is based on pastures of low nutritional quality that do not cater to the essential needs of the animals for their growth and production. One way to improve pasture quality is to introduce forest species in silvopastoral arrangements. In the Colombian cold zone, a traditional agroforestry arrangement is Alnus acuminata (Kunth) with the pasture Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, a herbaceous species that covers 80% of the regional forage supply. For this study, the mineral content of C. clandestinus under incidence of A acuminata was evaluated; the research was carried out in the pastures of a silvopastoral arrangement and a monoculture without forest incidence, located in the Obonuco Research Center of Agrosavia. Four treatments and three replicates were e...

High Andean dairy farming is characterized by intensive and inefficient management of natural resources. Its operation is based on pastures of low nutritional quality that do not cater to the essential needs of the animals for their growth and production. One way to improve pasture quality is to introduce forest species in silvopastoral arrangements. In the Colombian cold zone, a traditional agroforestry arrangement is Alnus acuminata (Kunth) with the pasture Cenchrus clandestinus (Hochst. ex Chiov.) Morrone, a herbaceous species that covers 80% of the regional forage supply. For this study, the mineral content of C. clandestinus under incidence of A acuminata was evaluated; the research was carried out in the pastures of a silvopastoral arrangement and a monoculture without forest incidence, located in the Obonuco Research Center of Agrosavia. Four treatments and three replicates were e...

The Cavia porcellus L. systems implemented by small producers in Colombia have been slow to apply the processes of development and incorporation of feeding practices and technology in nutritional support. The objective of this study was to determine the feeding practices and technology in nutritional support implemented and projected in the C. porcellus L. systems by the producers. Four components were evaluated in 404 C. porcellus L.  units and 29 focus groups: demography, identification of the production unit, implemented feeding practices, technology in nutrition and feeding, and the C. porcellus L. producers' perspectives. A Pearson Chi-squared test, a Tukey’s T-test, and a Multiple Linear Regression were used to evaluate the differences between regions using SPSS software version 20. The average area of C. porcellus L. -producing units corresponded to 0.35 ha (Nariño) and 0.17 ...

The Cavia porcellus L. systems implemented by small producers in Colombia have been slow to apply the processes of development and incorporation of feeding practices and technology in nutritional support. The objective of this study was to determine the feeding practices and technology in nutritional support implemented and projected in the C. porcellus L. systems by the producers. Four components were evaluated in 404 C. porcellus L.  units and 29 focus groups: demography, identification of the production unit, implemented feeding practices, technology in nutrition and feeding, and the C. porcellus L. producers' perspectives. A Pearson Chi-squared test, a Tukey’s T-test, and a Multiple Linear Regression were used to evaluate the differences between regions using SPSS software version 20. The average area of C. porcellus L. -producing units corresponded to 0.35 ha (Nariño) and 0.17 ...