Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems

Smallholder poultry (SHP) are kept in scavenging, small scale, free-range and backyard systems which depend for feed and nutrition on the scavengeable feed resource base (SFRB). The quantity and quality of SFRB varies with season, altitude, climatic conditions, farming activities and village flock b...

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Autores principales: Essien, E., Goromela, E.H., Olukosi, A.O., Sonaiya, Emmanuel B., Dessie, Tadelle
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106381
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author Essien, E.
Goromela, E.H.
Olukosi, A.O.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
Dessie, Tadelle
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Essien, E.
Goromela, E.H.
Olukosi, A.O.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
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description Smallholder poultry (SHP) are kept in scavenging, small scale, free-range and backyard systems which depend for feed and nutrition on the scavengeable feed resource base (SFRB). The quantity and quality of SFRB varies with season, altitude, climatic conditions, farming activities and village flock biomass but SFRB may contain low concentration of protein, energy and minerals indicating the need for supplementary feeds. Research for development (R4D) approaches have focused on quantitative assessment and nutrient evaluation of SFRB; strategies to optimize the use of SFRB by smallholder poultry production systems in Africa; evaluation of alternative ingredients that are less competitive with humans but abundantly available in local areas or regions for adoption by market driven community feed resource centers; farmers perceptions on the use of non-conventional animal protein sources for scavenging chickens (e.g. insects and worms); effects of alternative ingredients for supplementary feed on growth, carcass yield and egg production in order to answer the growing need of more productive chicken breeds that are increasingly coming into the SHP system. Novel technologies such as accurate prediction and determination of digestible phosphorus and digestible calcium must be carefully introduced into the scavenging system in order to produce greater benefits than costs.
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spelling CGSpace1063812020-02-05T06:08:01Z Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems Essien, E. Goromela, E.H. Olukosi, A.O. Sonaiya, Emmanuel B. Dessie, Tadelle chickens nutrition smallholders Smallholder poultry (SHP) are kept in scavenging, small scale, free-range and backyard systems which depend for feed and nutrition on the scavengeable feed resource base (SFRB). The quantity and quality of SFRB varies with season, altitude, climatic conditions, farming activities and village flock biomass but SFRB may contain low concentration of protein, energy and minerals indicating the need for supplementary feeds. Research for development (R4D) approaches have focused on quantitative assessment and nutrient evaluation of SFRB; strategies to optimize the use of SFRB by smallholder poultry production systems in Africa; evaluation of alternative ingredients that are less competitive with humans but abundantly available in local areas or regions for adoption by market driven community feed resource centers; farmers perceptions on the use of non-conventional animal protein sources for scavenging chickens (e.g. insects and worms); effects of alternative ingredients for supplementary feed on growth, carcass yield and egg production in order to answer the growing need of more productive chicken breeds that are increasingly coming into the SHP system. Novel technologies such as accurate prediction and determination of digestible phosphorus and digestible calcium must be carefully introduced into the scavenging system in order to produce greater benefits than costs. 2019-08-02 2020-01-03T11:10:15Z 2020-01-03T11:10:15Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106381 en Limited Access Essien, E., Goromela, E.H., Olukosi, A.O., Sonaiya, E.B. and Dessie, T. 2019. Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems. Paper presented at the Seventh All Africa conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 29 July-2 August 2019.
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Essien, E.
Goromela, E.H.
Olukosi, A.O.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
Dessie, Tadelle
Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
title Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
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title_fullStr Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
title_full_unstemmed Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
title_short Feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
title_sort feed and nutrition research for development and feed technology entry point in the smallholder poultry systems
topic chickens
nutrition
smallholders
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106381
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