Review Paper

Tropical forage legumes for environmental benefits: An overview

Leguminosas forrajeras tropicales para beneficios ambientales: Una sinopsis

RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT1, IDUPULAPATI M. RAO1,2, MICHAEL PETERS1, ROBERT J. CLEMENTS3,

CHANGJUN BAI4 AND GUODAO LIU4

1 International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. www.ciat.cgiar.org

2 Presently: Plant Polymer Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA, Peoria, IL, USA. www.ars.usda.gov

3 Formerly: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia. aciar.gov.au

4 Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), Haikou, Hainan, PR China. www.catas.cn