Presented by Emily Ouma at the Workshop on In-depth smallholder pig value chain assessment and preliminary identification of best-bet interventions, Kampala, 9-11 April 2013
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Smallholder pig production systems in Uganda: Results from VCA descriptive analyses
1. Results from VCA descriptive analyses
Emily Ouma
“Workshop: In-depth smallholder pig value chain assessment and preliminary
identification of best-bet interventions, Kampala, 9-11 April 2013”
2. Description of livestock production
systems in Uganda.
Land tenure systems.
Pig keeping objectives.
Pig production types.
Production system types and breeds.
Production scale definitions – small,
medium, large.
3. Source: Robinson, et al., 2011. Global livestock production systems , FAO
Banana-based
Tubers-based,
largely cassava and
sweet potatoes
+ maize and beans
+
coffee, cassava, m
aize and beans
4. Small farms - limited land resource typically:
◦ Masaka (50ft x 100ft plots); Mukono (0.5 acres); Kamuli (0.5 – 4
acres/hh).
Mixed cropping systems (banana x coffee; maize x beans x
cassava), though mono-cropping also practiced – e.g. sweet
potatoes.
Livestock types kept: cattle, shoats, pigs, poultry.
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Indexofrainfall
Rainfall pattern, Masaka district
Kabonera
Katwe Butego
Kimanya Kyabakuza
Kkingo
Kyanamukaka
Nyendo Senyange
Bi-modal rainfall pattern
Long rains: March-May
Short rains: Sept-Nov
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Indexofrainfall
Rainfall pattern, Kamuli and Mukono districts
Bugulumbya
Namwendwa
Kitayunjwa
Goma
Kyampisi
Ntenjeru
8. Average rank (1=highest)
Objective Men Women
Income from piglet/pigs sales 1.3 1.2
Income from pig meat sales 2.0 N/A
Source of wealth 2.3 2.3
Manure production 2.3 2.3
Disposal of waste 3.0 3.0
Nutrition/food security 2.5 2.8
Occupation 2.3 2.6
Main objective: income and soil fertility management.
No significant difference between men and women.
9. Objective Indicators of success
Income from piglet/pigs
sales
Ability to pay school fees.
Purchase of land and farm expansion.
Ability to pay off debts.
Able to meet medication costs, buy good clothing for family.
Manure production Improved soil fertility - high crop yield due to manure
application.
Harvest bigger bunches of “matooke”.
Biogas for household use.
Source of asset/wealth Construction of better family housing (roofing/wall material).
Purchase of plots of land.
Purchase other livestock (cattle).
General home development.
Nutrition/food security Meat for home consumption.
Increased quantity of pork consumption.
21. Pig production – occurs within the overall mixed crop
and livestock systems.
Main objective of pig keeping – income
◦ School fees payment
◦ Meet other expenditures and investments on farm
Most of the pig keepers are smallholders;
◦ Breeders: 60-65%
◦ Growers: 50-65%
Smallholder definition
◦ Breeders: 1-2 sows (including replacement females)
◦ Growers: 2-3 grown pigs
Production system types
◦ Varies by value chain domain.
Institutions promoting breed change.
Hinweis der Redaktion
1. Largely mixed rain fed systems - mostly rain fed cropping combined with livestock.2. To the North, we get the rangeland based systems – minimal cropping, often corresponding to pastoral systems.
Customary – based on customary regulations – depends on ethnicity.Mailo – Introduced in 1900 as a result of the Buganda agreement. Land is divided between the Kabaka and other notables. Basic unit of sub-division square miles. Security of tenure – certificate of title. Absentee landlordism – encouraged squatters on mailo land. In order for the sqyuatters to have some land use rights on these fields, they pay rent of not more than 1,000UGX per year.
1. Talk a bit about the 2 different categories – breeders and growers.2. Generally, fewer farmers are breeders only – possibly due to limited market opportunities (exceptions are in Bugulumbya –R-R and Katwe-Butego-UU)
More intensive production system in UU – regulations governing urban farming and land constraints.Varying levels of investments in the intensive systems. E.g. housing.
1. No. of sows including replacement females for farmers who produces piglets for sale.2. Smallholders-2;mediumholders – 4; largeholders-8