Feeds and feeding practices

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Abstract

The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project is a regional industry development program implemented by a consortium of partners led by Heifer International. It is
currently being piloted in 18 sites in Kenya, 8 in Rwanda and 27 in Uganda. The overall goal of the project is to transform the lives of 179,000 families, or about 1 million people, by doubling household dairy income in 10 years through integrated interventions in dairy production,
market access and knowledge application.
This brief highlights key results of a baseline survey that was carried out with the objective of providing
information on cattle production systems and the current feeding practices in smallholder households in selected sites in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Details are available
in the baseline survey report No. 3.

Citation

Lukuyu, B., Duncan, A.J., Kariuki, K. and Baltenweck, I. 2011. Feeds and feeding practices. East Africa Dairy Development Project Baseline Survey Brief 3. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Authors

  • Lukuyu, Ben A.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Kariuki, K.
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle

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