Farmer demand and willingness-to-pay for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed in Uganda

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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.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten_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.identifierDiego Naziri: 0000-0002-8078-5033en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12166452en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2071-1050en_US
cg.issue16en_US
cg.journalSustainabilityen_US
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen_US
cg.volume12en_US
dc.contributor.authorAsindu, Marsyen_US
dc.contributor.authorOuma, Emily A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorElepu, Gabrielen_US
dc.contributor.authorNaziri, D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T17:17:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-08-11T17:17:20Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108998en_US
dc.titleFarmer demand and willingness-to-pay for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed in Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractSmallholder livestock farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa are racing against time to find cheaper, nutritious, and sustainable feed alternatives to the more pronounced and expensive commercial concentrates amidst the increasing global demand for livestock products. Lately, many prominent feed conservation technologies have been developed, with a notable example being the sweetpotato silage technology that turns wasted sweetpotato components into a palatable and nutritious livestock feed. However, despite the potential benefits associated with these technologies, the level of demand and acceptance among smallholder farmers remains largely unknown. Thus, this paper assesses the farmer demand and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed by smallholder farmers in Uganda. The information for the study was collected through secondary data review and semi-structured interviews to assess farmer WTP. The 256 semi-structured interviews were randomly drawn from 16 purposive clusters formed at a radius of 3 km around 16 farmers piloting sweetpotato silage-based diets for pig feed. The results show that pig farming is mainly the responsibility of women, with farmers’ mean willingness-to-pay price amounting to 0.20 USD per kilogram of sweetpotato silage-based diet. At the mean price, the annual demand for silage was estimated at 17,679 tons, with a market potential of approximately 3.59 million USD. The study concludes that, at the mean willingness-to-pay price, there is a substantial market potential that can be exploited by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) venturing in the livestock feed industry.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2020-08-11en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAsindu, M.; Ouma, E.; Elepu, G.; Naziri, D (2020). Farmer demand and willingness-to-pay for sweetpotato silage-based diet as pig feed in Uganda. Sustainability. ISSN 2071-1050. 12(16), article 6452en_US
dcterms.issued2020-08-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherMDPIen_US
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen_US
dcterms.subjectwillingness to payen_US
dcterms.subjectdemanden_US
dcterms.subjectsilageen_US
dcterms.subjectfeedsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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