This Agrodok provides up-to-date information on grasscutter farming to benefit the informed farmer and extension and rural development officers. 1 Introduction 8 It targets farmers wishing to diversify their farms as well as their families’ diet, and those considering growing grasscutters for the market. The name grasscutter is preferable to cane rat, which refers to the animal’s reputation as a marauder of planted crops (sugar cane!). Its popular name grasscutter (or cutting-grass) better befits a species on its way to domestication
Version 1, 2014