Analysis of comprehensive family farm pig production in Kyerwa District, Kagera, Tanzania
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the real situation of pig production enterprises in Kyerwa District, Tanzania, with the aim of implementing a comprehensive family farm. The study was conducted in two wards of Kyerwa District: Kyerwa and Nyaruzumbura. The study population was comprised of people who are keeping pigs in six villages found in the Kyerwa and Nyaruzumbura Wards in the Kyerwa District: Kyerwa, Nshunga, Kagenyi, Mkiyonza, Milambi and Nyaruzumbura. From these villages, a total number of 42 participants were randomly selected: 36 were pig keepers and six were pig buyers. According to the findings, most of the people in Kyerwa District are keeping pigs on a small scale using local methods characterized by poor feeding methods such as roughages and home left overs and poor management methods which lead to poor growth of animals and cause animals to reach maturity at late ages. In addition, an experiment was conducted which involved two treatments with two different diets where by the first diet included maize, concentrates, fishmeal and tuberous and the second included tuberous, concentrates and fishmeal. The animals of treatment one reached the maximum weight gain rate at the age of 156.8 days with the daily weight gain rate of 0.527 kg/day while those of treatment two reached it at 151.3 days with the daily weight gain rate of 0.498 kg/day.
El propĆ³sito del estudio fue investigar la situaciĆ³n real de la producciĆ³n porcina en Kyerwa Distrito, Tanzania, para poder implementar una granja integral familiar. El estudio se realizĆ³ en dos cantones del Distrito de Kyerwa, los cuales son Kyerwa y Nyaruzumbura. La poblaciĆ³n utilizada en el estudio fue la de los productores de cerdos en seis poblados que se encuentran en los cantones de Kyerwa y Nyaruzumbura. Los pueblos seleccionado fueron Kyerwa, Nshunga, Kagenyi, Mkiyonza, Milambi y Nyaruzumbura. En estos pueblos, se seleccionaron al azar un total de 42 participantes: 36 productores de cerdos y seis compradores de cerdos. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos, la mayorĆa de los productores mantiene a sus cerdos en pequeƱa escala utilizando mĆ©todos locales caracterizados por mĆ©todos pobres de alimentaciĆ³n y mĆ©todos de gestiĆ³n poco eficientes, los cuales resultan en crecimiento deficiente de los animales, lo cual provoca que los animales lleguen a su madurez comercial en edades tardĆas. Se realizĆ³ ademĆ”s un experimento que involucrĆ³ dos tratamientos con dos dietas diferentes. La primera dieta incluyo maĆz, concentrados, harina de pescado y tubĆ©rculos y, la segunda incluyĆ³ tubĆ©rculos, concentrados y harina de pescado. Los animales del tratamiento 1 lograron la tasa de aumento de peso mĆ”ximo a la edad de 156,8 dĆas con una tasa de ganancia de peso diaria de 0,527 kg/dĆa mientras que los de tratamiento 2 llegaron a la edad de 151,3 dĆas con una tasa de ganancia de peso diaria de 0.498 kg/dĆa.