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Potential, challenges and prospects of rabbit farming in urban and peri-urban areas of Dodoma city, Tanzania

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Potential, challenges and prospects of rabbit farming in urban and peri-urban areas of Dodoma city, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Moto, Edward es_ES
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-25T07:39:05Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-25T07:39:05Z
dc.date.issued 2024-03-28
dc.identifier.issn 1257-5011
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/203734
dc.description.abstract [EN] This study highlights the current status of rabbit production, potential challenges facing the industry and the prospects for rabbit farming in Dodoma city, Tanzania. Data from 60 individuals keeping rabbits were collected through a structured questionnaire and direct observation. Results showed that 60% of the respondents were men and 40% women. Rabbits were kept mainly as a source of meat for families and income generation. Main sources of rabbit stock were local breeders (55%) and missionaries (25%), while the remainder were from agricultural institutes. The dominant rabbit breeds reared were California white (50%), New Zealand white (30%), Chinchilla (10%) and Dutch (10%). Ninety-five percent of the farmers kept rabbits in cages, while 5% confined them at night and let them out during the day to forage for feed. Fifteen percent of the respondents fed commercial rabbit pellets, 5% vegetables and kitchen waste only, whereas 80% fed both rabbit pellets, vegetables and kitchen waste. The number of rabbits kept by an individual farmer ranged from 5 to 180, with mean stock size of 22.80±11.20 (mean±standard deviation). Rabbits were sold at 8 to 12 wk of age and each rabbit was sold for 20 000 to 30 000 Tanzanian shillings (8.00 12.00 USD). Major challenges in rabbit production were lack of feed resources, lack of readily available market, poor quality of breeding stock, low knowledge of rabbit production techniques and lack of technical support from extension services. Although rabbit farming in Dodoma is carried out at subsistence level, it is associated with a decrease in poverty among urban and peri-urban farmers. In conclusion, rabbit production in urban and peri-urban areas of Tanzania has the potential to contribute to food and nutrition security and poverty alleviation, thus improving living standards. es_ES
dc.language Inglés es_ES
dc.publisher Universitat Politècnica de València es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof World Rabbit Science es_ES
dc.rights Reconocimiento - No comercial - Compartir igual (by-nc-sa) es_ES
dc.subject Dodoma es_ES
dc.subject Rabbit es_ES
dc.subject Food security es_ES
dc.subject Challenges es_ES
dc.subject Prospects es_ES
dc.subject Poverty alleviation es_ES
dc.title Potential, challenges and prospects of rabbit farming in urban and peri-urban areas of Dodoma city, Tanzania es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.4995/wrs.2024.20238
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation Moto, E. (2024). Potential, challenges and prospects of rabbit farming in urban and peri-urban areas of Dodoma city, Tanzania. World Rabbit Science. 32(1):31-42. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2024.20238 es_ES
dc.description.accrualMethod OJS es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2024.20238 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpinicio 31 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpfin 42 es_ES
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion es_ES
dc.description.volume 32 es_ES
dc.description.issue 1 es_ES
dc.identifier.eissn 1989-8886
dc.relation.pasarela OJS\20238 es_ES


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