Livestock production decreases in DRC during the three last decades. Malnutrition becomes a big challenge especially in animal proteins supply. To improve animal production by the best feeding in rural environment of Sud-Kivu, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) selected four legume forages: Desmodium uncinatum, Canavalia brasiliensis CIAT 17009, Lablab purpureus 21603 and Lablab purpureus 22759 and grasses Tripsacum andersonii, Pennisetum purpureum CV French Cameroon and local Pennisetum purpureum to test their agronomic performances in Ngweshe kingdom. Trials were in completely randomized blocs and duplicated three times up 2014 to 2015. There were three sites for the legumes and five for the grasses. Results showed that the forage legumes Canavalia brasiliensis CIAT 17009 and Desmodium uncinatum CV ILRI 6765 had good agronomic performances. Lablab purpureus (CIAT 21603 and CAT 22579) didn’t present good adaptability. The best forage grasses were successively Tripsacum andersonii and Pennisetum purpureum CV French Cameroon. These best forage legumes and grasses were also well appreciated by the farmers.
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