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Rumex K-1
A Highly Productive
Fodder Crop as an Efficient Agrotechnology
to Combat Desertification and Ensure
Survival of Rural Population
in Climate Change
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Issues of Fodder Production
Issues of fodder production for cattle are burning in CA and other
countries due to soil, pastures degradation and climate change.
Issues:
• Growing desertification, soil lack and degradation for fodder
cultures, irrational soil use;
• Lack of fodder and low quality brings to decrease ion cattlebreeding and growing poverty of rural population;
• Weak utilization of perennial fodder crops in crop rotation;
• Lack of specialized equipment which brings to loss of 25-30% of
crops and almost half of its fodder value;
• Opportunities for organic farming are not used to the fullest;
• Inefficiency of subsidies, enhancing rational soil cultivation.
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History of the Crop Development
In 1984, a perennial culture Rumex K-1 was cultivated in the
National Botanical Garden after N.Grishko of the Academy of
Sciences of the Ukraine, based on Tien-Shan sorrel and English
spinach.
Since 1996, it has been cultivated in regions of the Republic of
Kazakhstan and Siberia for cold and dry climate (KazNII for soil
cultivation, Food Institute, Institute of Physiology of Human and
Animal, Institute of Botany and Phytoproduce, KazNII of Food
Industry, KazGAU after Seifullin).
On 09.04.1999, the Executive Committee of the Interstate
Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and
the Republic of Uzbekistan recommended Rumex K-1 for Central
Asian countries.
Letter of 15.06.1999 form the Ministry of Agriculture of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to heads of oblasts and farmers on the need
to develop a sustainable fodder basis, based on Rumex K-1.
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Benefits and Outcomes
• It rehabilitates soil, recovering them for agricultural cultivation.
• Desalinates saline soils.
• Tackles deficit of fodder, especially under pastures degradation and
drought, does not require water.
• Good for risk farming areas.
• Allows poor rural communities to survive.
• A huge market of feed-stuff and bioadditives.
• Cost-efficiency exceeds 300% (KazNII of Economy of Agroindustrial
Complex, 1999).
• High demand for seeds of Kazakhstan Rumex K-1.
(Canada, USA, Korea, China, Israel, Denmark, etc.).
• Perennial plants (at least 15 years).
• Removes all weeds (successful experiments in Chui valley).
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Benefits and Outcomes
• Allows reinforcing slopes to prevent slides, deforestation and
increasing moisture content (Rumex mountain breed developed in
Kyrgyzstan)
• Yield compared to other known fodder is higher on average 6-7-fold –
up to 300 tons/ha
• Cost price is 10-12-fold lower than traditional fodder and improved
fodder quality
• Contains a full set of amino acids, including polyunsaturated fatty
acids.
• Protein contents is 40%, fat – 5%
• 6-7-fold smaller areas for cultivation.
• Daily growth of sprouts makes 2-3 cm.
• Granulated feed-compounds oxidize less, do not lose their value unlike
regular hay.
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Rumex
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Sheep weighing
130kg.
Rumex under snow
26 April 1996
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According to experiments, feeding cattle with fodder along with
packed Rumex K-1 allows increasing the cattle weight by 6-10% and
reduce consumption of feed-stuff at least by 6%.
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Other Advantages:
• Winter resistance (developed in Kemerovo, Omsk and Novosibirsk
oblasts, Udmurtia and Chechnya, North Korea)
• Early sprouts in spring; sustainable yield and resistance to diseases;
• Energetic value of granules ranges from 324 to 328 Kcal/kg;
• Fodder is good for all animals, including fish;
• Non-toxic, toxic elements are not transferred from the soil
(conclusion of Siberia Cattle-Breeding NII);
• Reduces cattle diseases and leads to weight gain
• Annual weight gain of 2-month calves made 1 kg., which is 2.5foild more than that from traditional fodder.
• Pigs stop having diarrhea, and gain over 800 gr. per night.
• Milk yield increase by 1 litre, fat content – by 0,9%, density
(protein) – by 3%.
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Benefits and Outcomes
• Good for risk farming areas;
• Timing of technological cultivation operations does not coincide
with major field operations;
Soil-reinforcing ability due to roots is 1.5-2.0m.
Soil desalination – the plant can desalinize soils. Plants produce 300375 kg. of saline per one hectare on a daily basis.
After fields re-cultivation after Rumex K-1, the soil keeps a
significant amount of organic residues.
The plant is a good predecessor for grains and beans.
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Fields of Application
Food and medical industries: over 30 recipes have been developed and
patented, including juice, bioadditives; the Food Institute has identified a high
efficiency of Rumex K-1 salad to treat anemia, diabetes, improve potency, etc.
1 ton of green mass produces 100 litres of natural juice, 105 litres of
concentrated juice and 206 kg. of feed-stuff as well as fodder for pond fishing
farms.
Production of environmentally friendly hardening agents for currying.
RumexК-1
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In Food and Medical Industry
Example: Sauvit natural bioadditive as an additional
source of energy.
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Phytofuel from Rumex K-1
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Obstacles:
• Government support is required.
• Complicated procedures in Certification Regulations for
producers or original and elite seeds, seeds traders
(Decree of the Government # 1393 of 30.11.2012) – 5 years
is required!
• Financing through second-tier banks are not beneficial
because of high interest rates and strict requirements.
• Training is required (deficit of qualified staff).
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Rumex OK-2 as a Phytofuel in Europe
In Czech, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Germany, it is used mainly as an
energetic plant due to its high acidity. It is registered in the European
Union 2005/0758 and recommended as a fodder and a phytofuel (3900–
4500 Kcal/cubic metre):
• Cost price of production of 1 ton of phytofuel is €15–17 (Ukraine);
• High yield of an absolutely dry mass (up to 20 tons/ha);
• Wholesale prices for fuel bricks range from €100 to €150 a ton (2007);
•Rates of price growth for fuel bricks and granules ranges from 10% to
15% a year (source: www.dengi-v-biznes.ru/proekt-rumex);
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Actions required:
• International certification.
• Crop zoning in in climate areas of countries concerned.
• Project introduction into international projects (FAO, International
Foundation for Agricultural Development, Comprehensive Framework
Programme of Actions of the high-rank Target Group for Global Food
Security, Aquila Initiative and others).
• Project introduction into national agricultural programmes, including the
Programme for Distant-pasture Cattle Tending and Fodder Production of
the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• To establish seed-producing farms in cooperation with other stakeholders. To
provide seeds to poor farmers as give and take raw materials, ensuring seeds
return in 2-3 years time.
• To develop new mechanisms of state and private partnerships to ensure longterm investments into overall industry development (including tax returns to
budgets from sales).
• To establish a specialized international agrotechnopark and Farmers
Trainign Centre. To develop training video materials.
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Actions required:
• Kazakhstan to join UPOV International Union to improve transfer of
selected plants.
• To distribute special seeding machines for Rumex K-1 and sorrelspinach seeds (produced in Ukraine and Germany).
• Legal support to transfer to granulated feed-stuff with bioadditives .
• Kazakhstan to transfer to modern ways to identify nutritive value of
fodder, related to metabolizable energy and microjoules, emphasizing
juicy vitaminized feed-stuff, and to gradually exclude harsh fodder
with low metabolizable energy.
• To apply new technologies of seeds activation to improve seeds quality
and reduce zoning times.
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Thank you!
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