livestock feed and vegetable improvement strategies
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Presented by Ben Lukuyu (ILRI), Leonard Marwa, Gregory Sikumba and Victor Afari-sefa at the Africa RISING ESA Review and Planning Meeting, Arusha, Tanzania, 9-11 September 2014TRANSCRIPT
LIVESTOCK FEED and VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
Ben Lukuyu (ILRI); Leonard Marwa, Gregory Sikumba and Victor Afari-sefa
Africa RISING ESA Review and Planning Meeting,Arusha, Tanzania, 9-11 September 2014
Exploiting the use of FORAGES as a LAND MANAGEMENT strategy (addressed elsewhere)
Exploiting potential of FORAGES as animal FEED
Enhancing use of CROP RESIDUES (cereals, legumes and vegetable waste) as animal FEED
Cattle Indigenous poultry
…from the Livestock angle!
To enhance productivity of livestock and vegetables in crop livestock systems
To optimize utilization of scarce resource (land, feed, vegetables interactions)
Land management Vegetable production and utilisation Feed quantity Feed quality
Why livestock feed and vegetable improvement?
Technology development….forages, vegetables and crop residues
Fodder Trees (Leucaena leucocephala) established on demo
plots in Babati
Crop residues on farm in Babati
Forages varieties screened on station; moved on farm along with bulking and introduced on a few selected farms in Babati.
Improved forages…
Performance of new technologies
Out of 96 villages (30-40,000 farmers) – targeting 5 villages with 1,500 farmers
So far focusing on 3 villages with 1,000 farmers
Next rain season’s target: Planting materials will be
distributed to 245 farms in 3 villages
Establish 6 demo and bulking plots in three (3) new villages – Matufa, Shauri Moyo and Hallu
Farmers benefiting from technology
Farmers attending one of our activities in Babati
Due to a diversity of AEZ conditions and niches there is need for More forage options and different treatments(monocrop,
intercrop, different input levels etc.) Model potential impacts of improved forages on farms
and landscapes Monitor environmental impacts (incl. soil, water, GHGe) Participatory evaluation, i.e. feeding results of above
analysis in the participatory processes
Emerging issues….
Integrating vegetables ……
Vegetables as nutritious food and feed for livestock
Baseline socioeconomic survey: 300 households from 10 villages in the 3 districts (Babati, Kiteto and Kongwa) Pest and disease survey of 20 farms per district, including a questionnaire on pesticide
application regimes conducted (July-Aug., 2013) Community sensitization on nutritional importance of vegetables (Sept.-Oct.,
2013) Training (Theory and practical learning): 71 farmers were trained on good
vegetable production practices with complementary start-up seed kits (Sept.-Oct., 2013)
Follow up visit to observe farmer adoption of preferred varieties & performance of seeds and trickle down. Adoption increased from 71 farmers to 140 farmers (Dec., 2013)
Farmers selected 3 preferred varieties for integration: tomato (Tengeru 2010), amaranth (Madiira II) and African eggplant (Tengeru white) (Dec., 2013)
Site selection and setting of layout of experimental demos (Feb., 2014)
What has been done so far?
Yield estimates for Tomato in MatufaTreatment description Demo plot
area cultivated
ha)
Harvested yield (kg)
% yield increase over base
(farmer seeds & practice)
Elite variety (Tengeru 2010) + Healthy seedling treatment + ICPM
0.0012 510 1,360
Elite variety (Tengeru 2010) + Healthy seedling treatment + Farmer practice
0.0012 270 771
Elite variety + Farmer managed seedlings + Farmer practice
0.0012 37.5 0
Detailed data collection on yield estimates - 12 demo plots and replicated farmer plots
Profitability analysis of demo trials Validate identified pest and disease findings Develop ICPM recommendations for farmers Training in postharvest handling and vegetable utilization for improving
shelf-life and enhanced produce utilization for improved nutrition and potential for vegetables as poultry feed
On-farm evaluation of preferred elite vegetable varieties for optimal agronomic adaptability into maize-based systems.
Cost-benefits analyses on best-bet vegetable integrated systems & promotion
Further work…
Characterized different potential feed resources available in the study sites
Quality determination is underway
Crop residue utilization
PRA in Hallu village
Key findings
• There exist plenty of cereal and legume by products on farms
• There is plenty of un utilized vegetable waste
• Poorly processed crop residues (a lack of technology)
• Poorly stored resources
Adapt and refine proven feed processing technology Produce and test with farmers locally and make
improvements Formulation of feed rations based on locally available
resources Cattle Indigenous chickens
Test rations with farmers Upscale the rations
Pending issues….
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