Paper presented at the 52nd CFCS Annual Meeting, Guadeloupe, July 10-16, 2016
LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN THE CARIBBEAN: FEED PRODUCTION PROSPECTS ON THE FARM. Fahrasmane Louis and Archimede Harry INRA, URZ 0143, F-97170, Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
Keywords : Caribbean, livestock, feed, proceesing
Abstract From the statistical basis of the FAO, animal productions in the Caribbean are evaluated in terms of self-sufficiency, taking as the percentage of self-sufficiency the percentage of Caribbean populations compared to global one. It shows that the production of chickens and eggs are self-sufficient, whereas pigs, cattle and small ruminants are far from self-sufficiency, especially in the insular Caribbean. In some sub areas, horses are particularly important, as well as beekeeping and production of skin. In the insular Caribbean, the availability of quality food to feed livestock has to be improved to meet in agroecological conditions needs in mixed crop/livestock farming systems. We are studying yeast production routes on agricultural substrates to obtain protein enriched feed in conditions that can be carried out on the farm. Sugarcane, cull banana, cassava are our raw materials on which we study baker’s yeast strain development. The enrichment is better and easiest on sugarcane. Materials and methods Observation is made from data of the statistical FAO database that, insular Caribbean is less productive in animal products than the other Caribbean territories. We study sugarcane, molasses, cull banana and cassava, that are common agricultural products and by-products in Caribbean, to be used as raw materials at the farm level, to elaborate feeds. Non-aseptically pathways could be taken to cultivate baker’s yeast strains, cheap and highly available, for protein-enrichment of those raw materials to produce efficient feeds for livestock. Main results After a study of yeast development pathways in buckets shacked by hand, electric concrete mixers are tested as fermenters. Conclusion In the Caribbean area, the profile of species reared is the same than elsewhere. However, the insular Caribbean seems to be less productive than the others Caribbean areas. Co-products and by-products from major crops, common and quantitatively important, could be raw materials to process by rustic pathways to elaborate protein-enriched feeds, in order to increase local feed availability and so enhance development of rearing and animal products in an agroecological manner. Bibliografic references http://faostat.fao.org/ Area Caribbean Rank 1 2 3 4 5
Chicken Pig Cattle S&G Horse
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Pig Chicken Cattle S&G Buffalo
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S&G: Sheep and Goats Table 1: Rank of meat produced (quantities) of different species, in 2012, for different geographical areas. (According to FAO database).
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