Dr. Cross offers consultancy to groups wanting to develop Tropical Cut and Carry Teams based on the use of kenaf, vetiver, fast growing trees and giza sorghum. The projects include Combining crop production with small-scale livestock raising, e.g., chickens, sheep or goats.
All animals are to be confined and fed on a 'cut and carry' basis.
If land is sloping or hillside, animal pens be located 50-60 percent of the way down the slope. Food crops are grown downslope from the animal confinement areas. Feedstuffs for livestock are grown upslope from the animal pens. The use of nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs and vetiver grass to act as the vegetation barrier crops. The barrier is periodically trimmed, with the nitrogen rich trimmings placed on adjacent soils in lieu of commercial nitrogen fertilizers.