By Patrick Mudavadi EADD Kenya dissemination facilitator
A woman in Gahengeri Rwanda carries grass used in preparing hay.
Lack of adequate and high quality feed is a major constraint to dairy cattle production on smallholder farms, particularly in dry periods. In north rift, south rift regions and parts of central Kenya, the prolonged dry season can last up to 6 months and during that period dairy cattle can be sustained on conserved forage and fodder from the high yields produced during the rainy season, when there is often an excess. Conservation can be through tube silage technology, appropriate for the smallholder dairy farmers with less than 10 animals. (more…)
