3.3.1. Case 1. Jufri household, Lompo Tengah, Barru, South Sulawesi
Over the course of the study, this household established a 1 ha bank of mixed forages (Pennisetum purpureum, Clitoria ternatea, Setaria sphacelata, Gliricidia sepium and Paspalum atratum) plus a further 300 m planting of gliricidia tree legume. Cattle production has shifted from a free and tethered grazing feeding system to a stalled system (i.e. kandang), with cattle fed on cut and carry feed collected from the expanded on-farm forage sources. The household has also invested in a bull to enable controlled mating and is practising early weaning and preferential feeding. In response to these changes, the cattle holdings have increased from five head at the commencement of the study to 15 head by October 2009. Forage and cattle monitoring activities confirmed that the forage bank provided up to 40% of fresh forage requirements for three yearling male cattle for most of 2006 and resulted in improved growth rates of 0.30 kg/hd/day, twice the rate of the Lompo Tengah average of 0.14 kg/hd/day ( Fig. 5).