Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka
The use of food waste (FW) from food services as animal feed through informal agreements has been in practice for many years in Sri Lanka. However, data to show the scale of this practice are inadequate. This paper aims to study the extent of FW diverted to piggeries and the opportunities and challe...
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| author | Jayathilake, Nilanthi Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Drechsel, Pay |
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| description | The use of food waste (FW) from food services as animal feed through informal agreements has been in practice for many years in Sri Lanka. However, data to show the scale of this practice are inadequate. This paper aims to study the extent of FW diverted to piggeries and the opportunities and challenges in reusing FW as animal feed. The data were collected via telephonic survey from 24 piggery farmers in the Western Province in May 2020. Results revealed that 50% of farmers were rearing 100-300 pigs. Farmers used FW as a major feed source to satisfy 82% of total feed requirement on an average. About 40% of the farmers collected the FW from multiple sources such as hotels, restaurants and canteens. Given that the piggery farms are located in peri-urban areas, the average distance traveled by the farmers is 38 km up and down which indicated the value of FW for them. FW was supplied mostly free of charge; however, 26% of the farmers pay LKR 2 to 40/kg when supplied by intermediaries. FW was collected daily, and the amount collected by the farmers varies 50 to 10000 kg/day depending on demand and supply, with 75% of farmers collected less than 1000 kg/day. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1160972025-10-14T15:09:09Z Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka Jayathilake, Nilanthi Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Drechsel, Pay food wastes reuse livestock feed organic wastes regulations safety guidelines piggeries farmers periurban areas The use of food waste (FW) from food services as animal feed through informal agreements has been in practice for many years in Sri Lanka. However, data to show the scale of this practice are inadequate. This paper aims to study the extent of FW diverted to piggeries and the opportunities and challenges in reusing FW as animal feed. The data were collected via telephonic survey from 24 piggery farmers in the Western Province in May 2020. Results revealed that 50% of farmers were rearing 100-300 pigs. Farmers used FW as a major feed source to satisfy 82% of total feed requirement on an average. About 40% of the farmers collected the FW from multiple sources such as hotels, restaurants and canteens. Given that the piggery farms are located in peri-urban areas, the average distance traveled by the farmers is 38 km up and down which indicated the value of FW for them. FW was supplied mostly free of charge; however, 26% of the farmers pay LKR 2 to 40/kg when supplied by intermediaries. FW was collected daily, and the amount collected by the farmers varies 50 to 10000 kg/day depending on demand and supply, with 75% of farmers collected less than 1000 kg/day. 2021-10-15 2021-11-16T04:54:10Z 2021-11-16T04:54:10Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116097 en Open Access Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka. In Malathy, P.; Kajanthy, S.; Rukshani, P.; Sarmatha, P. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Vavuniya University International Research Conference (VUIRC) 2021 on Human Empowerment Through Research Excellence, Virtual Conference, 15 October 2021. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka: University of Vavuniya. pp.51-55. |
| spellingShingle | food wastes reuse livestock feed organic wastes regulations safety guidelines piggeries farmers periurban areas Jayathilake, Nilanthi Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Drechsel, Pay Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title | Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title_full | Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title_short | Reuse of food waste as animal feed in Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | reuse of food waste as animal feed in sri lanka |
| topic | food wastes reuse livestock feed organic wastes regulations safety guidelines piggeries farmers periurban areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116097 |
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