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_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierEmily Ouma: 0000-0002-3123-1376en_US
cg.creator.identifierGerald Kyalo: 0000-0002-8334-0611en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.lrrd.org/lrrd29/11/asim29216.htmlen_US
cg.issn0121-3784en_US
cg.journalLivestock Research for Rural Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROP RESIDUESen_US
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen_US
dc.contributor.authorAsindu, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorElepu, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOuma, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKyalo, Geralden_US
dc.contributor.authorLule, Peter M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNaziri, D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-14T08:17:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-11-14T08:17:34Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89395en_US
dc.titleSweet potato wastes in major pig producing districts in Uganda: an opportunity for investment in silage technologiesen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
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_US
dcterms.extent6 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2017-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen_US
dcterms.subjectsilageen_US
dcterms.subjectsupply chainen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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