Small ruminant feed systems: perceptions and practices in the transitional zone of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate feeding is essential to realizing the potential of small ruminants to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers. This study was conducted in two villages in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District of Ghana and was motivated by farmers' non-adoption of modern feed technologies, but more importantly by the need to understand the small ruminant feed system considering farmers' different socio-economic backgrounds and how these relate to small ruminant performance. In this study, the feed system was defined as the type, source and seasonality of feeds and how small ruminants access them.

Methods

Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to allow for triangulation. Data were collected in seven stages comprising key informant interviews, a census, a cultural doma

SUBMITTER: Duku S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3224954 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature