Silage making by smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya: potential and constraints of small bag silage
In Kenya more than 80％ of the marketed milk is produced by smallholder dairy farmers.Dry season feeding has been identified as a major constraint to dairy production among smallholder dairy farmers.Milk production and pricing in Kenya fluctuates with the climatic seasonal patterns, resulting in over‐supply during wet season and shortages in the dry season.Conservation of forage is a potential solution to better feeding of dairy cows during the dry season.Forage conservation technology, especially silage making has not been adopted by smallholder dairy farmers as the methods currently available depend on the availability of machinery and a large amount of forage.In an effort to improve adoption of silage small bag silage was developed and popularized among smallholder farmers in Kenya.
J.N.Methu D.M.Mwangi L.Karienye
Land O Lakes P.O.Box 45006 Nairobi Kenya and Kenya Agricultural Research Institute(K ARI ) P.O.Box 57811-00200 Nairobi Kenya
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）