Project photos: Allemann
Lorenz Allemann: Winner of SFIAR Master’s Thesis Award 2023
“Nitrogen sources of Brachiaria spp. in tropical pastures” (conducted and submitted at ETH Zurich)
Landscape of the studied area with the eastern Andes Mountains in the back. Departemento Caquetá, Colombia
Landslide due to pasture degradation
Blanco orejinegro at the right – a native Colombian breed - and a Cebú comercial at the left. Forest patch in the back – typical of the regional landscape
Fenced plots to avoid cattle grazing to study the biomass production and the nitrogen sources of Brachiaria spp.
1 m2 in the middle of the fenced plots was harvested…
... by hand
Part of the NiTroLeG project team after a long day in the field – duro, pero muy chévere!
Lorenz Allemann