Factors Influencing Adoption of Cattle Excreta Management Practices for Improved Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Production by Smallholder Dairy Farmers
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2021
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IGC/IRC Conference
Abstract
Livestock in East Africa have been reported to play a valuable role in sustainable agricultural systems (Bebe , ２００３ ;
Winrock International , １９９２) where together with crops they make sustainable natural resource use possible ( Lekasi et al . ,
２００１) . Haque et al . ( １９９５) reported that animal excreta plays an important role in maintaining cropland productivity in Sub‐
Saharan Africa , and most smallholder farmers in Uganda will continue to rely on the exploitation of this natural resource for
maintaining soil fertility . With the ever increasing human population and escalating demand for foods of animal origin ,
sustainable elephant grass production is of paramount importance among smallholder zero‐grazing ( intensive dairy ) farmers in
peri‐urban areas of Uganda . However , in Uganda , elephant grass is becoming less productive both in dry matter (DM ) yield
and nutritive quality with successive harvesting . The decline in quality and quantity of elephant grass has been attributed to
failure by the farmers to adopt sustainable livestock production practices ( Katuromunda et al . , ２００１) . Therefore , the objective
of this study was to assess factors that influence adoption of cattle excreta management practices for improved elephant grass
production among the intensive dairy farmers .
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Adoption, Cattle Excreta Management Practices, Elephant Gred Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Production, Smallholder Dairy Farmers
Citation
Kabi, F., & Bareeba, F. B. (2021). Factors influencing adoption of cattle excreta management practices for improved elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) production by smallholder dairy farmers.