{"id":5217,"date":"2021-02-27T19:38:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2021-02-27T17:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T17:02:18","slug":"experts-use-technology-to-improve-pig-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/experts-use-technology-to-improve-pig-farming","title":{"rendered":"Experts use technology to improve pig farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A team of private sector players has embraced a technology platform to improve and make pig farming more profitable.<\/p>\n<p>The Smart Pig Platform that can be accessed on smart mobile phones will help centralise data on animal health, disease identification, management, and control for easy coordination among farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ben Lukuyu, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRIS) country director, on Thursday, said the decision to use technology was based on an initial study conducted in Mukono, Masaka, Lira, Hoima, and Kamuli districts in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the study focused on how to help farmers identify gaps, opportunities, and mooted interventions in animal health, feeding, genetics, and environmental-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when the first phase ended in 2017, we did a baseline study and found that farmers\u2019 knowledge had greatly improved due to heavy training and awareness,\u201d Mr Lukuyu said.<\/p>\n<p>It is upon this, that the leadership of the ILRIS has under the second research phase advocated the use of technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main issue is that farmers are not reaping maximum profits from their pigs. There is limited trust between farmers and traders. Buyers don\u2019t weigh pigs before purchasing, they just estimate,\u201d Mr Lukuyu said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Interventions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Among the applications to be used include the Agric-tech talk which has a gross margin calculator to analyse feeds to enable farmers to compute what has been invested against gross yield and therefore establish their profits.<\/p>\n<p>The feed calculator will also enable farmers to balance feeds to guarantee quality weight demanded on the market.<\/p>\n<p>But Prof Donald Kugonza, an advocate of the technology app, argues that a number of farmers may not have access to smartphones or tech-smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause some farmers may not be able to use smartphones, we are training village-based agents to do formulations for them. We have trained four health champions we sent to Swedish Agricultural University n in the areas of health,\u201d Prof Kugonza said.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers are also popularising artificial insemination to improve quality output and ensure constant supply to meet demand.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they have advised pig farmers to focus more on the Camborough and large white breeds, arguing that they attract high demand because of their lean meat.<\/p>\n<p><b>Key<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Smart Pig Platform that can be accessed on smart mobile phones will help centralise data on animal health, disease identification, management, and control for easy coordination.<\/p>\n<p><b>editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. A team of private sector players has embraced a technology platform to improve and make pig farming more profitable. 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