Knowledge transfer towards cost–effective poultry feeds in Nigeria

27 June - 1 July 2016. Asaba, Nigeria. Workshop organised by the PAEPARD supported consortium: Knowledge transfer towards cost–effective poultry feeds production from processed cassava products to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Nigeria.

This partnership seeks to address the critical issues of high cost and poor quality feeds in the Nigerian livestock industry. Feed cost constitutes 75% of input cost of commercial poultry production in Nigeria. Specifically, the rising demand for maize, soybean and groundnut for alternative industrial uses has driven the cost of these important animal feed raw materials upwards in a region that has never produced enough of
these to meet the demand for human consumption, the beverage industries and livestock production. The solution therefore has been to explore through research, the use of alternative feed ingredients, such as abundant cassava roots hitherto under exploited by poultry farmers.

During the workshops, research on equipment fabrication, processing of fresh or pre-dried cassava roots to value added products, poultry feed formulation and production were transferred to small-scale farmers in order to scale up the production and supply of cassava based poultry rations to the poultry industry in south-eastern Nigeria and beyond. 

The workshops had the general objective of building capacity of small-scale poultry operators on development of value added cassava products for use in formulating cost-effective poultry rations in the Nigeria poultry industry. The two workshops resulted in:

• Knowledge on equipment needed for production of processed cassava products for poultry feeding. 
• Technologies for producing cost-effective poultry feeds from processed cassava products 
• Knowledge on poultry feed formulations that utilize cassava in place of maize 
• Interest of the farmers in the adoption of cassava based poultry rations 
• Poultry farmers knowledgeable on the use of cassava in producing poultry products 
• Farmer-researcher nucleus for collaboration on future challenges in the industry 
• A model for research collaboration between Nigerian universities and industry 
• A group of agricultural researchers with experience in science technology innovation transfer 
• A sub-regional awareness of the value of cassava as raw material for poultry production

Despite the difficulties of this consortium to attract external third party funding, the two workshop may help in submitting a proposal to a German call on food processing and packaging if a German partner is identified. 

List of participants

Presentations

Dr. Nnanyere Okwunna Aladi, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri – Nigeria

• CO FERMENTATION PRODUCT OF CASSAVA AND PALM KERNEL CAKE: A LOW COST AND ECO FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE TO MAIZE IN POULTRY RATION 
• STATEGIES FOR INCORPORATING FERMCARPP INTO POULTRY DIETS

Dr. Chikaire, Jonadab Ubochioma, Department of Agricultural Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State

• MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS/PLATFORMS: THE NUCLEUS OF NIPOFERD SUCCESS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 

Dr Timbilfou KIENDREBEOGO, Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Researches (INEAR), Department of Livestock Productions (DLP), Non Ruminants Program (NRP), Burkina Faso (Member of the ULP ColeACP consortium: Mango waste for feed )

• Valorization of waste of production and transformation of cassava for food of pig in Gaoua in the South-West Region of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

DR. CHIDOZIE CLIFFORD UGWU, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri

• ADDITIVES AND PROBIOTICS IN CASSAVA BASED DIET FOR POULTRY
• EMERGING AND FEED-BORNE DISEASES OF POULTRY IN NIGERIA

Engr Chinweze

• Processing machines NALI CASSAVA PRODUCTS: DEVELOPMENT – PROSPECTS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - presentation - NALI CASSAVA PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT – PROSPECTS, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - research 
• Plant and Equipment Maintenance

MR I. H NJOAGWUANI, NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

• FEED QUALITY SCHEMES AND REGULATION 
• MYCOTOXINS IN POULTRY FEEDS: OCCURRENCE, EFFECTS AND CONTROL 

M.C. Uchegbu , Department of Animal Science and Technology Federal University of Technology, Owerri

• FEED FORMULATIONS USING BREWERS DRIED GRAINS, JACKBEAN AND CASSAVA ROOT MEAL AS MAJOR ENERGY SOURCES FOR BROILERS/LAYERS 
• IDENTIFICATION AND UTILIZATION OF SOME ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTUFFS FOR POULTRY PRODUCTION

Professor A.B.I. Udedibie, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State – Nigeria

• RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS ON CASSAVA AS POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO MAIZE IN POULTRY DIETS - research document 
• RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS ON CASSAVA AS POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO MAIZE IN POULTRY DIETS - presentation

Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Van Damme, Ghent University

• Ghent University and Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague 
• Ethnobotany and new crop development 
• Manihot esculenta Crantz or CASSAVA 

Field Trip to Phinomar Farms Enugu

Video interviews
Mr. Idowu Fagbolu at the NIPOFERD 2016 workshop

Mr. Chika Ukwu at the NIPOFERD 2016 workshop

Ms. Augusta Maduugo at the NIPOFERD 2016 workshop

Mrs. Chinwe Nwogu at the NIPOFERD 2016 workshop

Professor A.B.I. Udedibie at the NIPOFERD 2016 Workshop

Dr. Timbilfou Kiendrebeogo at the NIPOFERD 2016 Workshop

Professor Patrick Van Damme of University of Gent, Belgium at the NIPOFERD 2016 Workshop.

 Mr Johnson Ukpong of FARA, Ghana at the NIPOFERD 2016 Workshop