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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Forage Technologies under Smallholder Dairy Production Systems in Tanzania

70% of the world’s bovines belongs to LDCs, but they only produce 29% of the global meat and 23% of the global milk output (Jahnke et al. 1988). Current demand for dairy products in Africa largely outweigh their production (Smith 2015; Lukuyu et al. 2009). A comparative study showed a 4.0% deman...

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Main Authors: Ndah, Hycenth T., Schuler, Johannes, Paul, Birthe K., Nzogela, Beatus, Mangesho, Walter E., Mollel, Richard, Loina, Rose, Kengwa, Venance
Format: Ponencia
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2017
Subjects:
forage
smallholders
livestock
livestock production
milk production
technology
yields
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89500
Summary:70% of the world’s bovines belongs to LDCs, but they only produce 29% of the global meat and 23% of the global milk output (Jahnke et al. 1988). Current demand for dairy products in Africa largely outweigh their production (Smith 2015; Lukuyu et al. 2009). A comparative study showed a 4.0% demand growth rate against a 3.1% production growth rate of dairy products in SSA between 1990 and 2004 (Ndambi et al. 2007), While, at the same period, Africa’s dairy imports grew at a rate of 2.1% per annum. Numbers demonstrate that SSA’s dairy production potential is yet to be reached.

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