The Forages for Smallholder Project (FSP)

The Forages for Smallholders Project (FSP) is a Southeast Asian regional program funded by AusAID that commenced in 1995. It is managed by CIAT (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) and by CSIRO Tropical Agriculture

(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia). The FSP is a network of smallholder farmers, development workers and researchers in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and southern China. The focus of the project is to develop forage technologies in partnership with smallholder farmers in upland areas, whereforages have potential to improve livestock feeding and management of natural resources.