Development of a weigh-band for pigs in Uganda (Data on weights and body measurements of Ugandan pigs)

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMakerere Universityen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierEmily Ouma: 0000-0002-3123-1376en
cg.creator.identifierKaren Marshall: 0000-0003-4197-1455en
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Jane Poole: 0000-0002-8570-794Xen
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/IWXZQHen
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriGENETICSen
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Karenen
dc.contributor.authorPoole, Elizabeth J.en
dc.contributor.authorOuma, Emily A.en
dc.contributor.authorKugonza, Donald R.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T07:19:17Zen
dc.date.available2022-12-14T07:19:17Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125946
dc.titleDevelopment of a weigh-band for pigs in Uganda (Data on weights and body measurements of Ugandan pigs)en
dcterms.abstractKnowledge of the body weight in pigs is important in informing management decisions and, often, negotiating a sale price. In the smallholder pig system in Uganda the smallholder pig keepers usually do not know the body weights of their animals nor have access to scales. To overcome this, we propose to collect body measurement of pigs with the following objectives: 1. Determine the best predictive equation for weight from body measurement for (a) all animals, and (b) subsets of animals (e.g., grouped by weight, age, sex) 2. Estimate the loss in predictive accuracy in only using one variable for all animals and subsets of animals (testing this as one predictive variable makes a weigh-band a viable option) 3. Should one variable not be viable explore the options for making a farming friendly tool for predicting weight (weigh band, table, app etc.) 4. Synthesis and reporting of results including sharing with local partners 5. Production and dissemination of weight bands (or alternative tool) to participating farmers. Exploration of options for a distributor of these (e.g.private sector partner) The dataset is provided along with the ODK tool used to collect the data (the dictionary for coded variables can be found on the Choices sheet)en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMarshall, K., Poole, E., Ouma, E. and Kugonza, D. 2022, Development of a weigh-band for pigs in Uganda (Data on weights and body measurements of Ugandan pigs). https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/IWXZQH, MELDATA, V1. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en
dcterms.issued2022-12-07en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectswineen
dcterms.subjectgeneticsen
dcterms.subjectbody measurementsen
dcterms.typeDataset

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