Prioritization of Crop Residues for Improving Productivity on Smallholder Dairy Farming Households in the Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda
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Date
2014
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Open Journal of Animal Sciences
Abstract
Poor nutrition has been identified as a major constraint to productivity in smallholder dairy
farming households in Uganda, particularly in Lake Victoria Crescent Agro-ecological Zone (LVZ).
Clarification on nutritional potential of crop residues is central to formulation of sustainable dairy
cattle nutrition strategies. Data were collected from 126 randomly selected respondents using
structured and semi-structured questionnaires. Farmers’ responses on crop residues utilization,
handling, limitations, spatial and temporal variability were collected. Kruskal-Wallis test showed
significant differences on utilization of available crop residues (X2 = 50.4, df = 4, p = 0.0001)
among farmer’s rankings. It was established that maize stovers were major crop residues utilized
and inadequate knowledge to process crop residues was ranked as a major limitation. The study
provided basic information on the importance of crop residues. Further research studies should
focus on improving the nutritive value of maize stover.
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Haulms, Stovers, Nutritive Value, Vine
Citation
Atuhaire, A. M., Mugerwa, S., Okello, S., Lapenga, K. O., Kabi, F., & Kabirizi, J. M. (2014). Prioritization of crop residues for improving productivity on smallholder dairy farming households in the Lake Victoria crescent, Uganda. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojas.2014.42014