Perception and practices of farmers on the utilization of sweetpotato, and other root tubers, and banana for pig feeding in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Uganda

M M Dione; D Pezo; G Kyalo; L Mayega; G Nadiope; B Lukuyu

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Perception and practices of farmers on the utilization of sweetpotato, and other root tubers, and banana for pig feeding in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Uganda

机译：乌干达农民在小农作物-牲畜系统中利用甘薯，其他块根和香蕉喂猪的认识和实践

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LimitedaccesstoqualityfeedsandreliablefeedsupplyareamongstthepriorityconstraintsofsmallholderpigproductioninUganda.Amongthefeedsgiventopigs,sweetpotato(SP),bananaandotherroottubersresiduesarecommon.However,informationonfarmers#8217;perceptionsandpracticesontheproperuseoftheseresiduesforpigfeedingislimited.Therefore,thisstudyaimedatassessingthoseaspects,aswellastoidentifyopportunitiesforbetteruseoftheseresiduesinthepig-SPsystems.AqualitativesurveywasundertakeninMasakaandKamuli,twodistrictsofUgandawithhighpigpopulationandSPproduction.FocusGroupDiscussions(FGD)andKeyInformantInterviews(KII)wereundertakenwith80smallscalepigandSPproducersand24keyinformants.ResultsfromthisstudyrevealedthatthemajorityofpigfarmersinthosedistrictsuseSPandotherRTBcropresiduesasanimalfeed.Duringtherainyseason,farmersscoredhightheutilizationofSPcropresidues,withthelatterbeingtheleadingcontributortothepigdietespeciallyintheruralarea.SPcropresiduesareusuallyfedtopigsfreshwithoutprocessing.Amongtheresidues,freshrawvinesrepresentthelargestpartfedtopig(70%),ascomparedtorootsandpeels.Thewaytheseresiduesareofferedvary,forexampleinperi-urbanareaswitheasieraccesstocommercialfeeds,farmersfeedthecropresiduesmixedwithconcentrates;whereasinruralareaswithlimitedaccesstocommercialfeeds,cropresiduestendtobegivenwithoutsupplementation.However,thefullpotentialofSPandotherRTBcropresiduesforpigfeedingisnotyetfullyexploitedasfarmersacceptthatalargeamountiswasted(37%inMasakaand40%inKamuli).InMasaka,theproportionofSPcropresiduesutilizedathouseholdlevelmostlyforpigfeedingwas40%,whileinKamuliwas52%.ThisstudydemonstratedthatthereispotentialforbetteruseofSPandotherRTBcropresiduesaspigfeedinthesmallholderpigfarmingsystemsinUganda,butthemajorconstraintaspointedoutbyfarmersisthepooraccesstotechnologiesforpreservingtheseresources.Therefore,thereisaneedforfurtherexplorationofstrategiesforconservingSPandotherRTBcropresiduesduringtheharvestingperiodforuseinpigfeedingduringtimesoffeedscarcity.

机译：LimitedaccesstoqualityfeedsandreliablefeedsupplyareamongstthepriorityconstraintsofsmallholderpigproductioninUganda.Amongthefeedsgiventopigs，甘薯（SP），bananaandotherroottubersresiduesarecommon.However，informationonfarmers＃8217; perceptionsandpracticesontheproperuseoftheseresiduesforpigfeedingislimited.Therefore，thisstudyaimedatassessingthoseaspects，aswellastoidentifyopportunitiesforbetteruseoftheseresiduesinthepig-SPsystems.AqualitativesurveywasundertakeninMasakaandKamuli，twodistrictsofUgandawithhighpigpopulationandSPproduction.FocusGroupDiscussions（FGD）andKeyInformantInterviews（KII）wereundertakenwith80smallscalepigandSPproducersand24keyinformants.ResultsfromthisstudyrevealedthatthemajorityofpigfarmersinthosedistrictsuseSPandotherRTBcropresiduesasanimalfeed.Duringtherainyseason，farmersscoredhightheutilizationofSPcropresidues，withthelatterbeingtheleadingcontributortothepigdietespeciallyintheruralarea.SPcropresiduesareusuallyfedtopigsfreshwithoutprocessing .Amongtheresidues，freshrawvi nesrepresentthelargestpartfedtopig（70％），ascomparedtorootsandpeels.Thewaytheseresiduesareofferedvary，forexampleinperi-urbanareaswitheasieraccesstocommercialfeeds，farmersfeedthecropresiduesmixedwithconcentrates; whereasinruralareaswithlimitedaccesstocommercialfeeds，cropresiduestendtobegivenwithoutsupplementation.However，thefullpotentialofSPandotherRTBcropresiduesforpigfeedingisnotyetfullyexploitedasfarmersacceptthatalargeamountiswasted（37％inMasakaand40％inKamuli）.InMasaka，theproportionofSPcropresiduesutilizedathouseholdlevelmostlyforpigfeedingwas40％，whileinKamuliwas52％.ThisstudydemonstratedthatthereispotentialforbetteruseofSPandotherRTBcropresiduesaspigfeedinthesmallholderpigfarmingsystemsinUganda，butthemajorconstraintaspointedoutbyfarmersisthepooraccesstotechnologiesforpreservingtheseresources.Therefore，thereisaneedforfurtherexplorationofstrategiesforconservingSPandotherRTBcropresiduesduringtheharvestingperiodforuseinpigfeedingduringtimesoffeedscarcity。

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Perception and practices of farmers on the utilization of sweetpotato, and other root tubers, and banana for pig feeding in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Uganda

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