Strategies developed by livestock farmers to cope with feed scarcity in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District

Abstract

The aim of the study was identify the strategies developed by livestock farmers to cope with feed scarcity in Entebbe Municipality. 60 livestock farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. cattle and goat farmers mentioned feed scarcity as their major constraint (27.8%) while pig and chicken farmers mentioned high costs of feed as their major constraint (22.4%). strategies developed included; using food/crop waste(43.5%),harvesting natural forages(25.9%), purchase of feed ingredients in bulk(14.9%), change of feed resource based on availability and cost(12.6%) and reducing herd size (3.1%).