Thanks Ken,

Just assembling the facts at the moment. I will be analysing sources of info about pig diet in detail, so I am interested in your experience.

You will have seen how successful Derek's project was, it uses bran, it also uses a sustainable pig food crop planted nearby to reduce the cost of feed.

What feeding regime would you put in place for a farm of twenty pigs in Uganda. Where would you source the feeds you refer to? What breed of pig would you choose.

What would you do with the effluent they produce, how could it be safely re-used?

Regards
Phil

Dear thanks for this great observation. Rarely do many farmers think of the worth in the food (feed) they or their animals eat.

Really bran, is just an energy concentrate - which need to be supplemented with other forages when being fed to animals. With our layer flock at the demonstration site in one of the villages, the native hens at the host family have been laying many eggs and hatch them and gain go in next lay at very short intervals. This reflects the fact that these natives hens now feed on commercial layer feed droppings (wastes) at the demonstration site.

Therefore, with good feeding, farmers can always get the best production ever.

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For and on behalf of Luhwahwa Youth Development Foundation (LUYODEFO)

Hi Ken and Biira,

Thanks for all the comments and suggestion. This proposed project about pig raising in still in the planning stage and hopefully when we have the available fund we would try to start putting everything in progress such as putting and building the necessary structure. But for now we are still in the planning stage and your inputs are very most welcome.

Thanks,

Jeremy Ecle

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the information about the pig raising projects. This information is very helpful at the moment since we are gathering all relevant facts about pig raising. I am hoping the village could come up with the means to fund this project. We are currently working on it.

Thanks,

Jeremy Ecle

Hi Phil,

The incoming volunteers are free to choose which team are they going to join and they are still free to move anywhere in nabuur and contribute to anywhere the please.

The structuring is just a guide to any incoming volunteer of where they might spent their time working on something so that we can maximize their potential.

As I may understood in my own point of view. There are volunteers who simply want to contribute to a particular task and there are also who contribute to a wider circle.

And secondly other volunteers only stay in an specific period of time other also stay much longer.

The structuring was meant to make things simple and manageable. Don't worry Phil this is just a proposal and I wish to thank you for your input.

You could also revised or edit the proposal or make some of your own anyone is free to contribute.

But I think you are doing well in the agricultural developments it is really great we could use this information as we are moving forward with the sustainable agricultural developments.

On the availability of volunteers well it is intended for future incoming volunteers we do not have to worry about numbers they will come in time. My proposal was meant for gradual development as our village creates more projects in the future.

To be more specific here are the areas of concerns that needs some volunteers if they wish to contribute:

1. Content Editor of the village www.betterplace.org account and story tellers will be much helpful.
2. Website content editor for the village two websites.
3. Grant writer for the village proposed grant writing plans for future funding, school supplies, medical supplies, and others potential donation with grant writing pre-requisites.
4. Child sponsorship proposals
5. Coordinating with various non profit organization to help us with our village.
6. agricultural developments is making great developments.

Volunteers need not finish all of this but contribute only with what they can share and others will contribute with what they can. This is a work in progress and it requires time to do all this tasks.

Simple things are good enough such as giving suggestions and simple input is good enough.

I think that this is just a proposal and your comments are very most welcome. Thanks a lot.

Jeremy Ecle

Hi Phil,

I wish to say that you are really doing great with the agricultural development. If funding will be available we will try to go ahead with the project.

Thanks a lot,

Jeremy Ecle

Hi Phil,

What you are doing is just what I have in mind. Providing very important ideas and facts about agricultural developments. I think your doing great.
Send me some email at jeremyecle@yahoo.com.

Thanks a lot,

Jeremy Ecle

Hello Jeremy Ecle

My name is Anthony one of the founding members of Nos Amis Community Based Organisation in Uganda. I have already written to you on your private contact asking how we could get on board with Nabuur and you advised that I post a comment on your village.

It is on this basis that I would like to introduce Nos Amis Communty Based Organisation on Nabuur. We are a community Based Organisation working with the marginalised communities in Uganda, Luweero. The marginalised we serve include: People with disabilities,the destitute children (ophans and vulnerable children), the elderly and women particularly those living in isolated rural communities. We are still a young organisation but active and with vibrant staff. We are however, generally challenged when it comes to render our services to the communities. We get constrained of resources to ably reach the last iota of our beneficiaries. Details of who we are please refer to: http://www.nosamisuganda.org

I look forward to your comments, support and neighbouriness.

Anthony

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Dear all,

I think before choosing a breed of pig and feeding, you need to first know the purpose if the stock. is it for meat or is it for breeding? what will be the living conditions for the pisg? modern housing or local? then if we take an average then a large white 55% breed is good as it serve all the purposes. then plan to have a permanet water source and avail water to the pigs at all times, with feeding if you will use a compound feed mix, a mature pig of 40- 80 kg weight can eat 2.5- 4 kgs a day. i will find tine and send to you a pig rearing manual which i compiled some years ago if you can give me your postal and e mail addresses.

Joseph
Nakaliro / CARDI UGANDA

thank you Jingo for your advice on pigs feeding we pray that you get time and send us the manual and for the purpose of discussion you could attach it on nabuur post for every body and if you have it on hard copy the our postal address is p.o box 1237 Jinja Uganda rcminternational@gmail.com
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Thank you for your concern!

Thanks Jingo,

Good, practical information.

I would like a copy too if it is in electronic format.

Phil

Hi Jeremy,

I have allocated time and am committed to helping Michael and Esther with the piggery project, nothing else for the time being. I found myself thinking through your management proposal instead of writing up the pig rearing questionaire and business plan.

That is the dilemma, you have good great ideas and I wish you good fortune with them.

As we are waiting for Philip as he is writing up the pig rearing questionnaire and business plan.we are asking for more in site on pig rearing from any one who may have any other good information concerning pig rearing
thanks
Micheal and Esther
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Thank you for your concern!

Bran has no food value nor nutritions for the pigs. Just like straw has no food value for cows. They cannot produce meat or milk with them. Feed the animals high quality feed and you will get high production. Feed bran and straw and get little production.

Ken

Happy New Year to all.

Thanks to Michael and Esther who have been researching the project from top to bottom, including a visit to the bank manager to find out about bank loans and their terms. Not quite there yet but details of the Piggery's basic objectives, cost and operation are known, enough now to put the draft business plan.

The plan will be reviewed by people in the pig rearing business in Uganda the UK and America before moving from draft to issued.

Phil