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Dataset for: Dataset for Determination of smallholder dairy farmers feeding practices and their perceptions on the use of sweetpotato vines silage (SPVS) as a feed resource in their production cycle.

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Title Dataset for: Dataset for Determination of smallholder dairy farmers feeding practices and their perceptions on the use of sweetpotato vines silage (SPVS) as a feed resource in their production cycle.
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.21223/1J1YDL
 
Creator Galla, Norman
Mayanja, Sarah
 
Publisher International Potato Center
 
Description Smallholder dairy farmers constitute up to 85% of dairy farmers in Uganda (Atuhaire, 2014). However, this category of farmers is challenged and faced by unstable feed quality and quantity supply year-round (Kiggundu et al., 2014). This therefore has led to unstable milk production and productivity which has dare effects on the milk prices and incomes of this category of dairy farmers. Studies have indicated that crop residues have a high potential to bridge the feed gap and provide a cheaper option to maintain a stable feed supply when well preserved (Dione et al., 2015).
A study funded by International Potato Center (CIP) was conducted in three districts of Wakaiso, Masaka, and Kamuli to determine prevalent smallholder dairy farmers feeding practices and their perceptions on the use of sweetpotato vines silage (SPVS) as a feed resource in their production cycle.
The local government structures were used to select potential farmer respondents. A list of smallholder dairy farmers in a district was obtained from the District Veterinary Officer (DVO), five sub-counties in Wakiso and two each from Masaka and Kamuli were selected based on the population density of the smallholder dairy farmers in these districts. Systematically using an interval of five, farmers were selected and a structured questionnaire designed in the CSEntry data tool was administered to the selected farmers. A total of 147 farmers with the help of a local language translator were interviewed, on-farm observations were made, data were screened for any misrepresentations and follow-up questions were posed and saved.
Preliminary findings during the study indicated that zero-grazing (58.59%) is most commonly practiced. Farmers reported contamination of sweetpotato vines with soil that hinders the use of the feed resource for feeding livestock. Significant amounts of vines are lost by some farmers after being brought to the farm for the luck of chopping and other forms of feed manipulations to facilitate intake. The majority of women (76.2%) and men (80.9%) agree to the statement “I have a say over how household income from dairy products is spent”
Data analysis is underway and a complete report will be produced documenting findings from the study.
Financial support from (CIP) is highly appreciated.
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Social Sciences
goal 2 zero hunger
sweetpotato
 
Language English
 
Date 2020-12-30
 
Contributor Hilda Mantema Munyua (International Potato Center - CIP)
Sarah Mayanja (International Potato Center - CIP)