Abstract: A study on characterization of milk cattle production potential, milk processing, marketing and chemical composition analysis were conducted in Agarfa District of Bale Zone. For this study two rural and two peri-urban milk production potential kebeles and total of 150 respondents from study were purposively selected. Data were collected through interviewing selected farmers, from field visit, focal group discussions, monitoring and laboratory analysis supported with secondary infor...
ABSTRACT The longhorn grasshopper, Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841), is reported to be distributed over a wide range of grassland habitats in tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia. The species has gained attention in Asia as an important biological control agent of rice pests. In Tanzania, the species has been reported around Mount Kilimanjaro ecosystem with no reliable information in Kagera region, north-western Tanzania. The present study sought to bring to light the distribut...
ABSTRACT Low goat milk yield is a major constraint in Kitui County. A survey was carried out in Kitui Township, Kyangwithya east and Kyangwithya west wards of Kitui Central Sub County to assess and document the factors influencing dairy goat milk production and its roles towards improvement of rural livelihood. The environmental and managerial factors affecting milk production of different goat breeds was surveyed. Data was collected through questionnaires, observation and recording, and phot...
ABSTRACT Five experiments were carried out to determine the effect of replacing maize with solid state fermented mixture of cassava root pulp and palm kernel cake on performance, carcass and meat quality of broiler chicks and pigs. First, 3 inoculation techniques were evaluated for their efficacy in solid state fermentation of the mixture namely; direct inoculation with Aspergillus niger, batch inoculation with previously inoculated samples, and spontaneous inoculation. In study 2, su...