[ Caractérisation technique des élevages des ruminants dans la ville de Niamey (Niger) ]
Volume 24, Issue 4, November 2018, Pages 1718–1725
Moustapha ISSOUMANE SITOU1, Ousseini Mahaman Malam Mouctari2, DJIBJI Inoussa3, and Mahamadou CHAIBOU4
1 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
2 Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
3 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
4 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A study was conducted for eight weeks (July to September 2015) in the city of Niamey, to characterize the technical conduct of ruminant farms. It involved two hundred and five ruminant farmers (small ruminants and dairy cattle), six livestock feed dealers and the five communal managers of livestock services. This study shows that almost all ruminant farmers (91.70%) are men, (90.73%) married, (48.29%) aged between 31 and 50 years. With regard to rearing diversity, seven types of herds were observed: cattle (23.41%), sheep (18.04%), goats (0.97%) cattle-sheep (19.51%), cattle-goats (10.24%), cattle-sheep-goats (20.00%) and sheep-goats (7.80%). Food used to feed ruminants consists of natural pastures, crop residues, agro-industrial by-products and kitchen by-products. Regarding the mode of reproduction, it is the free projection which predominates with a touch of artificial insemination in cattle urban dairy farming. Outside food (main constraint confirmed by 100% of respondents); these are flights 31.62%, lack of space 27.62%, diseases 30.15% and the absence of technical extension agents 30.15% which limit the development of this breeding.
Author Keywords: diversity, dietary practices, management practices, Niamey, Niger.
Volume 24, Issue 4, November 2018, Pages 1718–1725
Moustapha ISSOUMANE SITOU1, Ousseini Mahaman Malam Mouctari2, DJIBJI Inoussa3, and Mahamadou CHAIBOU4
1 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
2 Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
3 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
4 Faculté d’Agronomie, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, BP : 10960 Niamey, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
A study was conducted for eight weeks (July to September 2015) in the city of Niamey, to characterize the technical conduct of ruminant farms. It involved two hundred and five ruminant farmers (small ruminants and dairy cattle), six livestock feed dealers and the five communal managers of livestock services. This study shows that almost all ruminant farmers (91.70%) are men, (90.73%) married, (48.29%) aged between 31 and 50 years. With regard to rearing diversity, seven types of herds were observed: cattle (23.41%), sheep (18.04%), goats (0.97%) cattle-sheep (19.51%), cattle-goats (10.24%), cattle-sheep-goats (20.00%) and sheep-goats (7.80%). Food used to feed ruminants consists of natural pastures, crop residues, agro-industrial by-products and kitchen by-products. Regarding the mode of reproduction, it is the free projection which predominates with a touch of artificial insemination in cattle urban dairy farming. Outside food (main constraint confirmed by 100% of respondents); these are flights 31.62%, lack of space 27.62%, diseases 30.15% and the absence of technical extension agents 30.15% which limit the development of this breeding.
Author Keywords: diversity, dietary practices, management practices, Niamey, Niger.
Abstract: (french)
Une étude a été conduite durant huit semaines (juillet à septembre 2015) dans la ville de Niamey, afin de caractériser les conduites techniques des élevages des ruminants. Elle a intéressé deux cent cinq éleveurs des ruminants (petits ruminants et bovins laitiers), six revendeurs d’aliments bétail et les cinq directeurs communaux des services d’élevages. Il ressort de cette étude que la quasi-totalité des éleveurs des ruminants (91,70%) sont des hommes, (90,73%) mariés, (48,29%) ayant âge compris entre 31 à 50 ans. En ce qui concerne la diversité d’élevage sept types de troupeaux ont été observés : bovins (23,41%), ovins (18,04%), caprins (0,97%) bovins-ovins (19,51%), bovins-caprins (10,24%), bovins-ovins-caprins (20,00%) et ovins-caprins (7,80%). Les aliments utilisés pour nourrir les ruminants sont constitués des pâturages naturels, des résidus de cultures, des sous-produits agro-industriels et des sous-produits de cuisine. En ce qui concerne le mode de la reproduction c’est la saillie libre qui prédomine avec un effleurement de l’insémination artificielle dans les élevages bovins urbains laitiers. En dehors de l’alimentation (contrainte principale confirmée par 100% des enquêtés) ; ces sont les vols 31,62%, le manque d’espace 27,62%, les maladies 30,15% et l’absence des agents techniques de vulgarisation 30,15% qui limitent le développement de cet élevage.
Author Keywords: diversité, pratiques alimentaires, pratiques de gestion, Niamey, Niger.
How to Cite this Article
Moustapha ISSOUMANE SITOU, Ousseini Mahaman Malam Mouctari, DJIBJI Inoussa, and Mahamadou CHAIBOU, “Technical characterization of ruminant farming in the city of Niamey (Niger),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1718–1725, November 2018.
