Sweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologies

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierEmily Ouma: 0000-0002-3123-1376en
cg.creator.identifierGerald Kyalo: 0000-0002-8334-0611en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/11/asim29216.htmlen
cg.issn0121-3784en
cg.journalLivestock Research for Rural Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP RESIDUESen
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen
dc.contributor.authorAsindu, M.en
dc.contributor.authorElepu, G.en
dc.contributor.authorOuma, E.en
dc.contributor.authorKyalo, Geralden
dc.contributor.authorLule, Peter M.en
dc.contributor.authorNaziri, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-14T08:17:34Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-14T08:17:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89395
dc.titleSweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologiesen
dcterms.abstractThis study was undertaken to assess the potential for sweet potato silage making business by estimating sweet potato vines and root wastage and assessing the economic feasibility of investing in sweet potato silage. Information was collected through key informant interviews, secondary data review, sweet potato root peeling and weighing, focus group discussions with pig and sweet potato producers covering a sample of 180 farmers. Semi-structured interviews with 240 respondents (120 sweet potato farmers, 60 pig farmers and 60 sweet potato traders) were also conducted. The results showed that sweet potato production is seasonal with substantial wastage of sweet potato components existing across the various nodes of the sweet potato value chain. The study concludes that there is an opportunity for investment in sweet potato silage business that has the potential to reduce wastage of sweet potato and bridge the feed scarcity gap faced by pig farmers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAsindu, M.; Elepu, G.; Ouma, E.; Kyalo, G.; Lule, P.; Naziri, D. 2017. Sweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologies. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 29, Article 216.en
dcterms.extent6 p.en
dcterms.issued2017-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen
dcterms.subjectsilageen
dcterms.subjectsupply chainen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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