Smallholder dairy farming in Tanzania: Farming practices, animal health and public health challenges and opportunities

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSilvia Alonso: 0000-0002-0565-536Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Toye: 0000-0002-7100-2789en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/smallholder-dairy-tanzaniaen_US
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriRANGELANDSen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Silviaen_US
dc.contributor.authorToye, Philip G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMsalya, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnger, Freden_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-01T15:23:48Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-11-01T15:23:48Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/51342en_US
dc.titleSmallholder dairy farming in Tanzania: Farming practices, animal health and public health challenges and opportunitiesen_US
dcterms.abstractSmallholder dairy farming is seen as a viable and promising activity to support the livelihoods of cattle keepers in low-income countries. This farming system, characterized by small herds of improved cattle raised under zero-grazing, is proven to lead to better milk yields, but also to require more constant and demanding inputs and resources to sustain production. Moreover, endemic diseases and the poor knowledge on disease control by farmers, along with the limited availability of veterinary services, presents challenges for effective farming. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania to understand the farm management practices, animal health, access to veterinary services and knowledge and attitudes towards public health of farmers. We aimed to understand the challenges being faced by farmers and the opportunities to overcome these. In addition, we collected blood samples from sick animals for screening for a range of cattle diseases. Milk production was found to be suboptimal, with only few lactating animals in each herd and average milk yields of 9 litres per day. Cattle diseases were an important threat to farmers, but they lacked knowledge and capacity on disease prevention and control. Farming and milk harvesting practices were in general acceptable, but farmers had very poor knowledge on zoonoses and on practices that can mitigate milk contamination. Improvements on farming practices could be made to limit public risk of direct and milk-borne disease transmission to farmers and consumers.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlonso, S., Toye, P., Msalya, G., Grace, D. and Unger, F. 2014. Smallholder dairy farming in Tanzania: Farming practices, animal health and public health challenges and opportunities. Poster prepared for the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 October 2014. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en_US
dcterms.issued2014-10-27en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.typePosteren_US

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