The improvement and development of pastures, production of quality fodder crops and more efficient utilization of crop residues have been recognized to be the key factors to a viable expansion and development of the ruminant livestock industry particularly of cattle, carabao and goats in the Philippines.
The first ten years of the National Cooperative Pasture Resources Development Program have demonstrated the validity of this view in terms of providing fundamental technologies on the basic forage and pasture production systems. The present state of knowledge is considered peripheral and more in-depth researches are currently being undertaken.