Participatory research for development to upgrade smallholder pig value chai...ILRI
Little has been documented about how smallholder pig value chains operate in Uganda, except that pork production and consumption have exploded over the past three decades, and 70% of the pigs are in the hands of smallholder farmers, many of them women. Who are the actors in the current system? What are input and output channels? Who benefits and who bears economic health risks? Which problems do the various actors face, how do they deal with them and can these problems provide opportunities?
This program aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder pig value chain actors in Uganda by showcasing how existing livestock value chains can be upgraded for the benefit of all actors in the system, especially the many poor.
Informing sustainable and resilient development of pastoral and agro-pastoral...ILRI
Presented by Berhanu Gebremedhin, Mengistu Woldehanna, Fiona Flintan, Barbara Wieland and Jane Poole at the Workshop on Developing Dryland Areas in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 7-8 March 2019
Waq-Abergelle Goat Value Chain Analysis: The case of Abergelle Woreda, Amhara...ILRI
1) The document analyzes the goat value chain in Abergelle Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia through focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
2) It finds that the traditional production system has low productivity due to drought, disease challenges, and lack of improved inputs and services. Marketing is also unorganized with producers having low bargaining power.
3) Opportunities exist in the available breed, land for forage development, water resources, labor, and access to markets, but the value chain requires intervention to strengthen linkages between actors and improve efficiency.
The document summarizes key results from a study on dairy genetics in Senegal. The study identified and evaluated the productivity of different cattle breeds under varying management levels on 220 households over 2 years. Key findings include: (1) Yields varied significantly between indigenous Zebu and crossbreeds with higher Bos Taurus genetics under improved management; (2) Better breeds and management led to much higher profits; and (3) Capacity building of farmers improved knowledge of breeds, yields and management practices. The results can help identify the most suitable breeds and practices to improve livelihoods through more productive and profitable smallholder dairy enterprises in Senegal.
Presented by Froukje Kruijssen (WorldFish) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Review of small ruminants value chain impact pathways developed for EthiopiaILRI
Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA) at the Livestock and Fish Small Ruminant Change Pathway Validation Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-4 March 2015
Participatory research for development to upgrade smallholder pig value chai...ILRI
Little has been documented about how smallholder pig value chains operate in Uganda, except that pork production and consumption have exploded over the past three decades, and 70% of the pigs are in the hands of smallholder farmers, many of them women. Who are the actors in the current system? What are input and output channels? Who benefits and who bears economic health risks? Which problems do the various actors face, how do they deal with them and can these problems provide opportunities?
This program aims to improve the livelihoods of smallholder pig value chain actors in Uganda by showcasing how existing livestock value chains can be upgraded for the benefit of all actors in the system, especially the many poor.
Informing sustainable and resilient development of pastoral and agro-pastoral...ILRI
Presented by Berhanu Gebremedhin, Mengistu Woldehanna, Fiona Flintan, Barbara Wieland and Jane Poole at the Workshop on Developing Dryland Areas in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 7-8 March 2019
Waq-Abergelle Goat Value Chain Analysis: The case of Abergelle Woreda, Amhara...ILRI
1) The document analyzes the goat value chain in Abergelle Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia through focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
2) It finds that the traditional production system has low productivity due to drought, disease challenges, and lack of improved inputs and services. Marketing is also unorganized with producers having low bargaining power.
3) Opportunities exist in the available breed, land for forage development, water resources, labor, and access to markets, but the value chain requires intervention to strengthen linkages between actors and improve efficiency.
The document summarizes key results from a study on dairy genetics in Senegal. The study identified and evaluated the productivity of different cattle breeds under varying management levels on 220 households over 2 years. Key findings include: (1) Yields varied significantly between indigenous Zebu and crossbreeds with higher Bos Taurus genetics under improved management; (2) Better breeds and management led to much higher profits; and (3) Capacity building of farmers improved knowledge of breeds, yields and management practices. The results can help identify the most suitable breeds and practices to improve livelihoods through more productive and profitable smallholder dairy enterprises in Senegal.
Presented by Froukje Kruijssen (WorldFish) at the Livestock and Fish Expert Workshop on Systems Analysis for Value Chain Transformation, Amsterdam, 19 November 2014
Review of small ruminants value chain impact pathways developed for EthiopiaILRI
Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA) at the Livestock and Fish Small Ruminant Change Pathway Validation Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-4 March 2015
Update on the Ethiopia sheep and goats value chain development projectILRI
Presented by Barbara Rischkowsky, ICARDA, at the Ethiopia Small Ruminants Value Chain Strategy and Implementation Planning Workshop, Addis Ababa, 13-14 June 2014
More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor: Solution-driven research with d...ILRI
Poster prepared at the Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014
Meat, milk and fish are critical to poor people as food and income. They provide critical inputs in the diets of the poor, especially those who are malnourished.
The Challenge: to ensure the poor can have better access to enough and affordable animal-source foods as populations increase, resources for producing them become more constrained and demand for these foods rises. Part of the solution will come from increased productivity in the small-scale production and marketing systems that many poor rely on for their animal-source foods. We identify opportunities to improve and transform these systems to better meet the needs of the poor.
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish: More meat, milk and fish, by an...ILRI
This document discusses improving access to meat, milk, and fish for poor people. It proposes a solution-driven, whole value chain approach to research and development focusing on a few select livestock and fish value chains. The goal is to demonstrate impact and work with partners to design integrated interventions and scale up benefits for the poor. Key opportunities identified are that animal-source foods are highly valuable globally and critical for nutrition, and meeting growing demand can improve livelihoods for many small-scale farmers and fishers.
Long Rains Food Security Assessment FindingsIAWG Africa
The document summarizes the findings of a food security assessment in Kenya following the long rains season in 2014. It outlines that the rains were below normal, resulting in a projected 20-30% below average maize harvest. Pastoral areas have fair but deteriorating rangeland conditions and fair livestock body conditions. While current food security is stable, prices are expected to increase due to low stocks and harvest. Recommendations will be discussed.
Pastoralist Assembly of Central Asia (PACA) and Mongolian Pastoralist Allianc...ExternalEvents
Tumee Altansukh from the Mongolian Pastoralist Alliance presented the work of the Mongolian Pastoralist Alliance at the Partner's Meeting of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub on April 3, 2017 at FAO in Rome, Italy.
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This document summarizes the annual review meeting of the Veterinary Services Sector in Buliisa District for the fiscal year 2014-2015. It outlines the sector's recorded achievements including disease control efforts, provision of clinical services, and support of animal breeding programs. It also notes observed good practices and ongoing challenges related to staffing, funding, and infrastructure limitations. Recommendations include recruiting more staff, procuring a vehicle and office space, and establishing livestock checkpoints. The way forward emphasizes training farmers and expanding the extension workforce to improve services. New investment opportunities mentioned include crocodile and ostrich farming.
Feeds and forage research and development under SIMLESA project: Achievements...africa-rising
Presented by Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel, Aberra Adie, Melkamu Bezabih and Peter Thorne, ILRI, at the Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands Project Review and Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 21–22 May 2019
Optimizing benefits from the Egyptian farmed fish value chain ILRI
Egyptian aquaculture plays an important role in food security and employment. It provides nearly 65% of the country's fish consumption and over 100,000 jobs. However, greater efficiency and support are needed to maximize benefits. Improving management practices, quality standards, policies, and industry organization could increase production by 10%, creating 10,000 more jobs. Targeted support for women fish traders and pro-poor aquaculture initiatives could also help secure livelihoods.
This document summarizes research on animal fattening practices and opportunities for improvement. It discusses how fattening operations have grown in places like Ethiopia and Kenya. Research from Niger and Mali shows the profitability of fattening sheep and cattle using different feed mixes. Locally available feeds like cowpea, moringa, and others show potential. Price differentials based on animal conformation indicate opportunities for value addition through fattening. Further research on least cost rations and introduction of suitable fodder crops could help smallholders benefit from animal fattening. Near infrared spectroscopy training and understanding long-term land use trends may also support improved practices.
Access to safe & nutritious animal source foodsLandOLakesID
This document discusses livestock, animal source foods, and human nutrition. It notes that livestock foods can contribute to growth and good health outcomes but foodborne disease is also important for health and nutrition. Most foodborne disease is caused by microbes and parasites in fresh foods. Efforts to improve food safety can sometimes do more harm than good by reducing availability and accessibility of nutritious foods. Solutions working with informal sectors may be more promising than control and regulation approaches that have not been effective. Branding and certification programs for milk vendors in Kenya and India improved milk safety and benefited economies.
Cattle keeping and dairy farming are important livelihood activities for rural communities in Senegal. The study found large differences in profits depending on the breed or cross-breed of cattle and livestock management practices. Households keeping crosses of indigenous Zebu cattle with introduced Bos Taurus breeds under good management conditions achieved the highest profits, largely due to higher milk yields. Improving cattle breeds and management can enhance rural livelihoods, food security, and dairy industry policies in Senegal.
Wildlife: a forgotten and threatened resourceCIFOR-ICRAF
The harvest of forest wildlife provides invaluable benefits to local people, but understanding of such practices remains fragmentary. With global attention drawn to the issue of declining biodiversity, this talk assesses the consequences, both for ecosystems and local livelihoods, of the loss of important forest resources, and alternative management options.
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Nutritional value of locally available African pig feed ingredients: A basis ...ILRI
Presentation by Natalie Carter N, Cornelis de Lange, Delia Grace and Cate Dewey at the First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.
Kidney beans have become a major agricultural export product for Kyrgyzstan, especially in the Talas Oblast region. The area under cultivation for kidney beans has increased 8-fold from 1999-2016. Talas Oblast accounts for 93-95% of Kyrgyzstan's kidney bean production and exports. The value chain for kidney beans involves farmers, collectors, commercial dealers, exporters, transport companies, and cleaning services. While the sector has helped reduce poverty and unemployment in Talas Oblast, it faces issues such as limited arable land, reliance on manual labor, lack of breeding programs, and volatile market prices. The report provides recommendations to support further developing and sustaining the kidney bean sector.
Refocusing livestock agricultural research for development to address food an...ILRI
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Update on the Ethiopia sheep and goats value chain development projectILRI
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More meat, milk and fish by and for the poor: Solution-driven research with d...ILRI
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CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish: More meat, milk and fish, by an...ILRI
This document discusses improving access to meat, milk, and fish for poor people. It proposes a solution-driven, whole value chain approach to research and development focusing on a few select livestock and fish value chains. The goal is to demonstrate impact and work with partners to design integrated interventions and scale up benefits for the poor. Key opportunities identified are that animal-source foods are highly valuable globally and critical for nutrition, and meeting growing demand can improve livelihoods for many small-scale farmers and fishers.
Long Rains Food Security Assessment FindingsIAWG Africa
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Feeds and forage research and development under SIMLESA project: Achievements...africa-rising
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Optimizing benefits from the Egyptian farmed fish value chain ILRI
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Access to safe & nutritious animal source foodsLandOLakesID
This document discusses livestock, animal source foods, and human nutrition. It notes that livestock foods can contribute to growth and good health outcomes but foodborne disease is also important for health and nutrition. Most foodborne disease is caused by microbes and parasites in fresh foods. Efforts to improve food safety can sometimes do more harm than good by reducing availability and accessibility of nutritious foods. Solutions working with informal sectors may be more promising than control and regulation approaches that have not been effective. Branding and certification programs for milk vendors in Kenya and India improved milk safety and benefited economies.
Cattle keeping and dairy farming are important livelihood activities for rural communities in Senegal. The study found large differences in profits depending on the breed or cross-breed of cattle and livestock management practices. Households keeping crosses of indigenous Zebu cattle with introduced Bos Taurus breeds under good management conditions achieved the highest profits, largely due to higher milk yields. Improving cattle breeds and management can enhance rural livelihoods, food security, and dairy industry policies in Senegal.
Wildlife: a forgotten and threatened resourceCIFOR-ICRAF
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Nutritional value of locally available African pig feed ingredients: A basis ...ILRI
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Kidney beans have become a major agricultural export product for Kyrgyzstan, especially in the Talas Oblast region. The area under cultivation for kidney beans has increased 8-fold from 1999-2016. Talas Oblast accounts for 93-95% of Kyrgyzstan's kidney bean production and exports. The value chain for kidney beans involves farmers, collectors, commercial dealers, exporters, transport companies, and cleaning services. While the sector has helped reduce poverty and unemployment in Talas Oblast, it faces issues such as limited arable land, reliance on manual labor, lack of breeding programs, and volatile market prices. The report provides recommendations to support further developing and sustaining the kidney bean sector.
Refocusing livestock agricultural research for development to address food an...ILRI
Presentation by Tom Randolph, Michael Kidoido, Isabelle Baltenweck, Steve Staal and Delia Grace at the Tropentag 2014 conference on 'Bridging the gap between increasing knowledge and decreasing resources', Prague, Czech Republic, 17−19 September 2014.
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Presentation by Dr Sikhalazo Dube from ILRI, at the Regional planning meeting on ‘Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa – Building partnership for successful implementation’,13–15 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa
The livestock landscape and ILRI in Southern AfricaILRI
This document outlines ILRI's work in livestock research and development in Southern Africa. It provides context on the region, including the importance of livestock production and issues like climate change impacts. Key research priority areas identified include rangeland management, transboundary animal diseases, and challenges in red meat and dairy value chains. The document discusses other organizations involved in livestock R&D and ILRI's areas of expertise. It summarizes some of ILRI's current initiatives in countries like Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Zambia focused on issues like value chain development, crop-livestock integration, and commodity-based trading.
Breed development, production and commecial utilization of native pigsPerez Eric
- Native pigs are an important part of rural farming communities in the Philippines, providing food security, income, and cultural/social roles. However, native pig production typically remains a small-scale backyard activity without consistent profits.
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This document summarizes the work of the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Uganda on livestock research, technology, and innovation related to the dairy value chain. NaLIRRI conducts research in livestock health, nutrition, breeding, and apiculture. Its research focuses on improving animal productivity through technologies like disease-resistant forage varieties, vaccination programs, and cross-breeding indigenous cattle. NaLIRRI also disseminates its research findings to farmers and coordinates with other agencies in the Ministry of Agriculture on priorities like improving dairy cattle genetics and productivity.
The document argues that it is hypocritical for people who eat meat from companies like KFC, where investigations have revealed animal abuse, to criticize or "moan" about the use of fur in fashion. The document notes that the British Fur Trade Association and International Fur Trade Federation promote strict animal welfare codes, and questions what the meaningful difference is between using fur and eating meat given these standards. It implies that criticism of fur is inconsistent if one supports eating meat from companies where animal abuse has been documented.
Smallholder pig value chains development in Uganda ILRI
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The Uganda pig value chain: Constraints and characteristics of actorsILRI
Poster prepared by Emily Ouma, Michel Dione, Peter Lule, Kristina Roese, Lawrence Mayega, David Kiryabwire, Gideon Nadiope, Natalie Carter and Danilo Pezo for the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish Gender Working Group Planning Meeting, Addis Ababa, 14-18 October 2013
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Sheep and goat research and development of EthiopiaILRI
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Small ruminant research and development in Ethiopia ILRI
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bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
The cost of acquiring information by natural selection
Overview of ILRI’s smallholder pig value chain efforts in Hoima district
1. Overview of ILRI’s smallholder pig value
chain efforts in Hoima district
Emily Ouma
Stakeholders Meeting on Ugandan Pigs, Hoima, Uganda, 10-11 July 2017
2. Background
• Smallholder pig value chains in Uganda identified as a high-
potential target to translate research into major interventions:
– Stimulate pro-poor transformation and generate benefits at
scale.
• High potentials for growth due to rising demand for pork
– Highest per capita consumption in Eastern Africa at 3.4Kg
– 4% increase in pig population from 2010 – 2014 (3.4 – 3.5 mn)
3. Background
• Smallholder pig value chain activities
– commenced in 2011
• Funding support
– EC-IFAD funded project: Catalysing
emerging smallholder pig value
chains (2011-2014): initiated
activities in 3 districts
– Irish Aid funded project: More Pork
by and for the poor: Catalysing
emerging pig value chains for food
security and poverty reduction (Apr
2014 – Mar 2017): expanded
activities into Hoima and Lira districts
4. Partnerships
• Public sector: MAAIF, local
governments of Kamuli, Masaka,
Mukono, Hoima & Lira, KCCA
• Research/education institutions:
NARO, NaLIRRI, Makerere
University (COVAB, CAES, CNS),
SLU, Iowa State University –
Uganda Program
• NGOs: VEDCO, SNV, Veterinaries
Without Borders
• Private sector: PPM, Union of Pig
Coops of Greater Masaka,
Wambizzi Coop., Devenish
Nutrition
5. Selection of target sites
Using geographical targeting using GIS characterization (pig
density, poverty level and market access
7. Value chain and diagnostic assessments
• Identify constraints and
opportunities in the value chain
→ entry points for interventions
• Methodology
→ Micro-level assessments
(value chain actor levels)
8. Inputs and
service providers
Pig farmers Post-production
nodes
• Questionnaire
surveys:
₋ Feed stockists
₋ Village
veterinarians
₋ Agrovet stockists
₋ Village boar
owners
• Focus group
discussions
• Individual
interviews
• Questionnaire
surveys:
₋ Live pig traders
₋ Butchers
₋ Pork retailers
• Consumer household
surveys
Value chain and diagnostic assessments
9. Description of pig production systems
0
20
40
60
80
100
Kiziranfumbi
Kitoba
Busiisi
Rural-rural Rural-urban Urban-urban
Proportionofhouseholds(%)
Farrow-finish Farrow-wean Farrow-wean+Farrow-finish
10. Marketing outlets for finishers
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Kiziranfumbi Kitoba Busiisi
Rural-Rural Rural -Urban Urban-Urban
Proprotionofrespondents(%)
Fellow Farmers Butchers
Local traders Traders from other Town not Kampala
Traders from Kampala Cross border traders
11. Management: Housing typologies
Value chain
domain
Sub County n Tethering
(%)
Free
range
(%)
Housed -
(%)
Rural-Rural Kiziranfumbi 43 63 0 37
Rural-Urban Kitoba 47 72 0 28
Urban-Urban Busiisi 39 57 0 43
12. Changes in use of different pig breed types over
the past 10 years
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
currently 5years 10years currently 5years 10years currently 5years 10years
RR RU UU
local cross exotic
13. Drivers of breed change in Hoima district
• NGOs initiative for livelihood improvement
• Introduction of new/improved breeds of pigs
– higher litter size c.t local breeds
• Capacity building of farmers in appropriate pig
management practices
Rural-Rural
(Kiziranfumbi)
Rural-Urban
(Kitoba)
Urban-Urban
(Busiisi)
Heifer International NAADS Tugende Mumaiso
World Vision World Vision World Vision
NAADS HOCADEO HOCADEO
Tugende Mumaiso NAADS
14. Preferred breed types and constraints
• Both male and female farmer groups prefer cross breeds
• Main constraints to keeping preferred breeds:
– expensive to buy cross/exotic breed,
– lack of knowledge on management of cross breeds
– high costs of inputs like feeds, housing and treatment
involved in cross/exotic breed
15. • Feed availability
(quantity)
• Poor feed quality
• High cost of commercial
feeds
• Extreme seasonal
variations
• Knowledge gaps amongst
farmers to use local
resources
Constraints associated with pig feeds and feeding
16. • Better utilization of local feed
resources in pig feeding
• Integration of high quality
forages in pig diets
Intervention: what we aimed to do
17. What we did (I)
Documented current feeding
practices
Household surveys
– In Mukono, Masaka, Kamuli,
Hoima and Lira
Feed analysis
– Analyzed nutritive value of 43 local
feed ingredients
– Used knowledge to formulate and
test rations on-station and on-
farm
18. What we did (II)
Carried trials to test pig performance on
feed rations
Feed rations based on local ingredients
• Three diets tested on-station at
Kamuzinda farm
Sweetpotato silage trials
• Three sweetpotato silage based diets
tested on-station
• Best performing SPS diet validated on-
farm
• Determined the cost benefit for the
sweet potato silage based diet.
20. What we did (III)
Capacity development
• Developed training materials
– A training manual (English & Luganda) and a
brochure on how to make silage
– Brochure on feeding pigs on supplemented
silage
– Extension brief on local formulated rations
• Trainings on sweetpotato silage
making and feed rations
– Extension staff of local governments (
Masaka& Kamuli), MUZARDI, NALIRRI
– Smallholder farmers (280 youth, 1,458
female and 402 male) trained
– Two silage open days held in Kamuli and
Masaka
– Two sweetpotato silage business centers
opened in Masaka and Kamuli
– Scaling out to Mukono and Hoima districts
21. Significance
• Potential of sweetpotato based silage to
alleviation of dry season feed shortages
smallholder farms
• Potential to improve use of local feed resources to
improve pig nutrition
• Business opportunities around small scale silage
making (Twekembe youth group already making
and selling silage)
22. What we did (IV)
Forages
– Evaluated on-station (with BURZADI) and on-farm forages
that are suitable for feeding pigs (low fiber, high protein)
23. Forages established in farmer fields in Hoima
and in BUZARDI
Trifolum Decorum Trifolium tembese
Lablab purpureus Desmodium intortum
Desmodium uncinatum Vicia vilosa
Lupinus, angustifolius Stylosanthus hermata
Demathus vergatus
24. Are Hoima households food insecure?
41
67
52
72
33
21
13
7
1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Had worried that they would not have enough
to eat
Ate less preferred foods
Had limited variety
Did not eat what they wanted to eat
Had eaten a smaller meal
Had eaten fewer meals in a day
Had times when no food of any kind was
available in HH
Had gone to sleep at night hungry
Had gone a whole day & night without eating
anything
25. How frequently do households in Hoima
consuming animal-source foods in a month?
56
83
95
95
99
86
86
93
85
70
33
13
3
3
0
3
9
3
8
13
9
3
1
2
0
9
4
3
5
7
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
11
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Beef
Pork
Goat meat
Chicken
Other meat
Mukene
Dry/smoked fish
Fresh fish
Eggs
Milk
None Once 2-3 days 4-6 days Daily
26. Nutrition status of children in Hoima
12 9
14 11
3 4
0 1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Severe Moderate Severe Moderate Severe Moderate Severe Moderate
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Editor's Notes
1. Pig value chains in Uganda identified through an in-depth screening process