Open AccessUse of Agro-Industrial By-Products in Animal Feed at Modern and Semi-Modern Farms of Urban Community of Niamey (UCN): State Places
Author(s) -
Ousseini M. M. Mouctari,
Mahamadou Chaibou,
Moustapha I. Sitou,
Abdoul Razak I. Tondi,
Mohammed Mamman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
research in agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2470-444X
pISSN - 2470-4431
DOI - 10.22158/ra.v3n2p62
Subject(s) - poultry farming , agricultural science , livestock , agriculture , bran , agribusiness , business , fish meal , fish <actinopterygii> , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , biology , fishery , forestry , raw material , ecology , archaeology
The study was conducted in Urban Community of Niamey at modern and semi-modern farms provided an overview use of agro-industrial by-products in animal feed. Among 57 farms only 17 farms, including 10 beef farms, 2 sheep farms and 5 poultry farms were systematically surveyed. All farm managers are men. 60 and 33% are respectively officials at the level of poultry farms and ruminant farms. Farmers make up 25%, all of which own beef farms. There is also a predominance of adults, 60% at poultry level and 58.33% at ruminant farms. We note the use of a variety of agro-industrial by-products in animal feeds, in this case by-products derived from vegetable processing (wheat bran, exfoliated cotton cake) and animal processing (fish and fish meal ...). There are also some concentrates for poultry feed. Agribusiness by-products are increasingly used in urban livestock production but their valorization needs to be improved.