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The Supply and Quality of Feeds used by Small-to-Medium Scale Broiler Farmers in Tanzania

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  • Edwin Peter Chang'a

    (Tanzania Livestock Research Institute, Tanzania)

  • Emmanuel Uchenna Ahiwe

    (Federal University of Technology, Nigeria)

  • Medani Eldow Abdallh

    (Uni- versity of Khartoum, Sudan)

  • Mohamed Al-Qahtani

    (University of New England, Australia)

  • Harriet Jenala Gausi

    (Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi)

  • Said Hemed Mbaga

    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)

  • Paul Ade Iji

    (Fiji National University, Fiji)

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the supply and quality of feeds to small-to-medium (SM)-scale broiler farmers in the Morogoro, Pwani, and Dar es Salaam regions of Tanzania. A total of 108 SM-scale farmers from the three regions were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Results indicated that broiler chicken farming is dominated by women (>58.3%) in that age-bracket 40 to 59 years. Most were involved in other income generating activities, including mixed farming and formal employment. The most common challenges to SM-scale broiler production were listed as the high feed costs, diseases and marketing the birds. The average flock size per batch was largest in Dar es Salaam (551.1±70.4) and smallest in Pwani (430.5±3.2), with the number of batches per producer per annum ranging between 6.6±3.2 (Morogoro) and 9.8±6.5 (Dar es Salaam). Feeds were mainly bought from retail shops. The most commonly used feed ingredients by farmers were soybean, maize bran, rice, cotton, fish, di-calcium phosphate (DCP), and premixes and were mainly brought from retail shops. Approximately half of the respondents were satisfied with feed quality, a few (

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  • Edwin Peter Chang'a & Emmanuel Uchenna Ahiwe & Medani Eldow Abdallh & Mohamed Al-Qahtani & Harriet Jenala Gausi & Said Hemed Mbaga & Paul Ade Iji, 2024. "The Supply and Quality of Feeds used by Small-to-Medium Scale Broiler Farmers in Tanzania," European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 6(6), pages 31-39, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejfood:v:6:y:2024:i:6:id:20869
    DOI: 10.24018/ejfood.2024.6.6.869
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