COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME CULTIVATED FODDERS IN THE PERI-URBAN ZONE OF THE BAMAKO DISTRICT

Semi-intensive breeding with productive and commercial orientations towards milk production, meat production and the sale of live animals, as reported by several authors (Coulibaly, 2003; Bonfoh et al., 2005; Kouadja,et al 2018; Toure et al., 2019). They constituted an illustrative example. The practice of fodder cultivation around large urban centers is a better alternative for feeding livestock (Diarra et al., 1993). Agro-breeders are forced over years to modify their livestock systems due to the reduction in pastoral resources resulting from urbanization and the expansion of agricultural land. Cultivated fodder is suitable for semi-intensive and intensive livestock farming systems (Sommet del Elevage, 2025). This study aims to determine the chemical composition of herbaceous and leguminous species selected and used in feeding practices of agro-breeders, at the time of distribution, in the semi-intensive breeding system of the peri-urban area. To carry out this study, five peri-urban axes around Bamako were selected: Bamako-Kangaba, Bamako-Kassela, Bamako-Tienfala-Koulikoro, Bamako-Sanankoroba-Ouelessebougou and Bamako-Kati.