Mwendia, Solomon

Ohmstedt, Uwe

Peters, Michael

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Mwendia, Solomon W.

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Maziwa Zaidi (More Milk) in Tanzania: Best-bet Technologies and Innovations Total Mixed Rations for dairy cattle- Rumen8  Solomon Mwendia, Uwe Ohmstedt and  Michael PetersKey messages and solutions• Unbalanced feeds for cows is prevalent leading to low productivity.• Purposely allowing cows access adequate nutrients is key for exploiting animal production potential• Rumen8 allows nutrient rationing for cows’ maintenance and production using available feedstuffsOpportunities and benefits• The tool can be used by enterprising youth so long as they have knowledge on animal nutrition• The tool is downloadable free of charge, and easily installed in laptops• Producers of dairy rations can use it to compound dairy rations• The tool is versatile with up to 230 feedstuff options, relevant for tropical context and is usually under continued improvement as knowledge build up on forages PicturesSuitability• I deal for enterprising youth and producers of dairy rations• Ideal for animal health  assistants with knowledge of animal nutrition and animal feedstuffs• Could also fit well with A.I providers who could give the service to the dairy keepers at the farm level• Dairy cooperatives could engage a youth with the knowledge  to provide the service to the membersEvidence• The tools has been used in countries with developed dairy production- Australia• Through SNV-Kenya the tool had been improved to include tropical feedstuffs, fitting smallholder dairy context • The tool can be used to compound TMRs using available feedstuffs, at minimum cost and at set production level• The tool uses traffic lights, easily to identify when a level of a nutrient requirement had been met, while highlighting those requiring attentionThis document has a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. October 2019March 2017Problem statement• Low livestock productivity due to nutrient under-feeding leading to low contribution to livelihoods• Limited tools capable of allowing rationing feeds at farm level to get best combinations from available feedstuffsMaziwa Zaidi thanks all donors and organizations which globally support the work of ILRI and its partners through their contributions to the CGIAR system

Maziwa Zaidi (More Milk) in Tanzania: Best-bet Technologies and Innovations / Total Mixed Rations for dairy cattle- Rumen8

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Maziwa Zaidi (More Milk) in Tanzania: Best-bet Technologies and Innovations / Total Mixed Rations for dairy cattle- Rumen8

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