Decision support tool: HERB'TYPE©

For an agronomic characterization of permanent grasslands, from simplified botanical survey to agronomic characterization of grasslands

The agronomic value of grasslands can be rapidly characterized using a simplified botanical survey method based on the functional typology of perennial grasses (Cruz et al., 2010). In this way, indices of productivity, earliness, digestibility and functional diversity of grasslands (Duruet al., 2010) are calculated based on a survey of the dominant grasses in the plot (Theauet al., 2010).

The preferred users are livestock farmers and their development agents who want to assess the agronomic potential of grasslands.