Poultry industryFinancingMarketingThe poultry industry is perceived to be a major contributor to Ghana's development through employment creation and the enhancement of nutrition and food security. In spite of these contributions, the poultry industry is entangled with a number of problems that ...
3.2.2 Crop and livestock farming in Cameroon as sources of clean energy, social justice and women’s empowerment Cameroon's natural environment makes it possible to divide the country into three major areas of agricultural concentration: the northern zone and Adamaoua, the western highlands and the...
Current technological developments make it easier for users to access the information needed in handling their farming. The study’s objectives are to determine the performance of the agricultural information system (AIS) service for rice commodities and the relationship of these service indicators to ...
(This article belongs to the Special IssueUsage of Antibiotic in Agriculture and Animal Farming) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Versions Notes Abstract We conducted a qualitative study to explore the practices and challenges of veterinary paraprofessionals (paravets) on antimicrobial use and resistance in do...
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In comparison to other livestock farmed in SSA, but comparable to other low- and middle-income countries, the high popularity of poultry farming can be attributed to several key factors such as small body size (hence, more birds can be kept in a smaller holding), relatively short life cycle...
In Denmark, the use of avoparcin, a vancomycin analogue, as a growth-promoting agent in poultry farming was identified as a contributing factor in the observed increase in VRE among chickens. The subsequent ban of vancomycin in 1995 in Denmark was found to be associated with a significant ...
A recent evaluation study comparing participants in layer poultry farming FFS in Kenya and Ghana to non-FFS participants shows that FFS participants reported more prudent practices, including reducing and even eliminating the use of antimicrobials in layer production. In addition, FFS participants ...
respectively. Although China has a large volume of domestic production, it still needs to import many livestock products. China's imports of pork, beef, mutton and poultry were 3.71 million, 2.33 mil- lion, 0.41 million and 1.34 million tons, respectively, and imports of dairy products were ...
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