Strategies developed by livestock farmers to cope with feed scarcity in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District
Strategies developed by livestock farmers to cope with feed scarcity in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District
| dc.contributor.author | Serunjogi, Douglas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-05T12:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-05T12:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.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%). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/13897 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Feed scarcity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Livestock farmers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Entebbe | en_US |
| dc.title | Strategies developed by livestock farmers to cope with feed scarcity in Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |