Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania

Sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in developing countries, including Tanzania, is limited by a number of constraints such as low cow productivity, shortage of feed, limited access to inputs and outputs markets and degradation of natural resources. Eff...

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Main Author: Munyaneza, C.
Format: Tesis
Language:Inglés
Published: Sokoine University of Agriculture 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99317
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description Sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in developing countries, including Tanzania, is limited by a number of constraints such as low cow productivity, shortage of feed, limited access to inputs and outputs markets and degradation of natural resources. Efforts have been made to improve the sustainability, but the improvement is hindered by lack of knowledge on how to ensure sustainability of the production systems particularly at the farm level. To contribute to the efforts being made to address these issues, this study aimed at assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania. The study was conducted in four districts located in Morogoro and Tanga Regions. In the context of this study, a smallholder dairy production system refers to a system with dairy farms which have up to five dairy cows, where majority are crossbreeds of local and pure exotic breeds and milk is considered the main source of income. Meanwhile, a traditional cattle milk production system consists of cattle farms keeping mainly indigenous cattle and milk is not considered the main source of income.
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spelling CGSpace993172025-11-05T04:06:49Z Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania Munyaneza, C. livestock dairies animal production cattle milk production Sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in developing countries, including Tanzania, is limited by a number of constraints such as low cow productivity, shortage of feed, limited access to inputs and outputs markets and degradation of natural resources. Efforts have been made to improve the sustainability, but the improvement is hindered by lack of knowledge on how to ensure sustainability of the production systems particularly at the farm level. To contribute to the efforts being made to address these issues, this study aimed at assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania. The study was conducted in four districts located in Morogoro and Tanga Regions. In the context of this study, a smallholder dairy production system refers to a system with dairy farms which have up to five dairy cows, where majority are crossbreeds of local and pure exotic breeds and milk is considered the main source of income. Meanwhile, a traditional cattle milk production system consists of cattle farms keeping mainly indigenous cattle and milk is not considered the main source of income. 2018-12-15 2019-02-07T13:51:40Z 2019-02-07T13:51:40Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99317 en Open Access application/pdf Sokoine University of Agriculture Munyaneza, C. 2018. Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania. Phd thesis. Morogoro, Tanzania: Sokoine University of Agriculture.
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Munyaneza, C.
Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
title Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
title_full Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
title_fullStr Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
title_short Assessing sustainability of smallholder dairy and traditional cattle milk production systems in Tanzania
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dairies
animal production
cattle
milk production
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