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Convert horticultural crops by-product
into livestock feed
Nsawam, March 31, GNA - Mr Paul Siameh, District Director of
Agriculture for Akuapem South on Thursday said even though
livestock and poultry production is profitable it has not
received the same attention as that of the horticultural
crops in the Akuapem South District in the Eastern Region.
He said one of the reasons of the low interest in livestock
and poultry production in the district is the high cost of
conventional and quality livestock feeding.
Mr Siameh made the observation at a day's workshop for about
50 poultry and livestock farmers at Nsawam in the Akuapem
South District.
He said the Akuapem South District is well noted for the
production of horticultural crops like pawpaw, pineapple and
citrus but the processing of their by-products into
livestock feed has become difficult because of the limited
knowledge on the type and quality of feed that could be
generated.
The workshop, which was sponsored by Ghana Society of Animal
Production (GSAP), provides an insight into the
opportunities available for harnessing by-products from
horticultural crops as well as other materials into quality
livestock feed.
It also gave farmers and extension agents the opportunity to
interact with each other on the issue of livestock feeding
so that old and new ideas could be shared towards the
provision of quality nutrition for poultry and livestock in
the Akuapem South.
GNA
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