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Presentation by Natalie Carter, Cate Dewey, Ben Lukuyu, Delia Grace and Kees de Lange at the 34th Annual Centralia Swine Research Update, Kirkton, Ontario, 28 January 2015.
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Challenges of designing pig diets using local feedstuffs for Ugandan subsistence farmers
- Challenges of designing pig diets using local feedstuffs for Ugandan subsistence farmers Natalie Carter PhD Candidate University of Guelph Cate Dewey, Delia Grace, Ben Lukuyu, Kees de Lange 34th Annual Centralia Swine Research Update Kirkton, Ontario, 28 January 2015
- Outline • Uganda • Feedstuffs • Challenges • Diets • Trial • Farmers’ response Photo: sendacow.org.uk
- Photo: N. Carter
- Map: daneenleidig Photo: N.Carter
- Photos: N. Carter and ILRI
- Photos: doomsteaddiner.org and N. Carter Dewey et al. 2011
- Photo: E. Smith Housing from local materials
- Photo: ILRI Tethered and tied under a tree
- Photo: N. Carter Free-range management
- Photos: L. Thomas 4.3km per 12h! 76% of their time Thomas et al. 2013
- Photos: E. Smith Average daily gain = 130 grams/day Carter et al. 2013
- Photo: C. Dewey Village boar
- Fresh feedstuffs Photos: C. Dewey and N. Carter
- Purchased feedstuffs Photos: C. Dewey and N. Carter
- Agricultural co-products Photo credit: N. Carter Photos: N. Carter
- Kitchen scraps and leftovers Photos: C. Dewey
- Human/pig food/feed competition Photo: N. Carter
- Poor roads Photos: F. Mutua
- Basic or no transportation Photos: E. Smith, N. Carter, C. Dewey
- Finding a solution • ADG of local and local x exotic pigs • Nutrient requirements • Sample feedstuffs and nutrient analysis • Seasonal availability and cost per kg • Least-cost balanced diets Photos: N. Carter
- Photo: N. Carter Local diet
- Local and commercial diets Photos: N. Carter and E. Smith
- Photos: N. Carter
- Silage diet Photo: N. Carter
- Silage diet Photos: N. Carter
- Photos: N. Carter
- Photo: N. Carter
- Photo: N. Carter Silage diet
- Preliminary trial results • Better suited to bigger pigs • Commercial>silage>local Photos: N. Carter
- Workshops Photo: N. Carter
- Workshops Photos: N. Carter
- Photo: C. Dewey
- Acknowledgements Dr. Cate Dewey Dr. Kees deLange Dr. Ben Lukuyu and Dr. Delia Grace
- Questions? Photo: N. Carter
- References • Carter, N., Dewey, C., Mutua, F.K., de Lange, C., Grace, D. (2013): Average daily gain of local pigs on rural and peri- urban smallholder farms in two districts of western Kenya. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 45:1533–1538. • Dewey, C.E., Wohlegemut, J.M., Levy, M., and Mutua, F.K. (2011). The impact of political crisis on smallholder pig farmers in Western Kenya, 2006–2008, Journal of Modern African Studies, 49,3, 455-473. • Thomas, L.F., de Glanville, W.A., Cook, A., Fevre, E.M. (2013): The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya. BMC Vet. Res. doi:10.1186/1746-6148-9-46.
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