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A model for promoting poultry industry development in Togo: feeding improvement, capacity building and extension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

K. TONA ,
B. KAMERS ,
A. TETEH ,
A. AGBONON ,
K. EKLU-GADEGBEKU ,
P. SIMONS ,
J. BUYSE ,
G. JANSSEN ,
N. EVERAERT  and
B. KEMP
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K. TONA*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Poultry Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, BP 1515 Lome, Togo
B. KAMERS
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Immunology and Genetics, Department of Biosystems, K.U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
A. TETEH
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Poultry Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, BP 1515 Lome, Togo
A. AGBONON
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Poultry Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, BP 1515 Lome, Togo
K. EKLU-GADEGBEKU
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Poultry Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, BP 1515 Lome, Togo
P. SIMONS
Affiliation:
World's Poultry Science Association, Beekbergen, The Netherlands
J. BUYSE
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Immunology and Genetics, Department of Biosystems, K.U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
G. JANSSEN
Affiliation:
Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, B-9820 Merelbeke, Ghent, Belgium
N. EVERAERT
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Immunology and Genetics, Department of Biosystems, K.U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
B. KEMP
Affiliation:
Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
E. DECUYPERE
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Immunology and Genetics, Department of Biosystems, K.U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
M. GBEASSOR
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Poultry Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome, BP 1515 Lome, Togo
*
Corresponding author: jak_tona@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Although being the main bottlenecks for commercial poultry development in Togo, feeding and management practices retain little attention. Indeed, there is no proficient feed miller unit which can provide high quality feed according to the needs of the farmers. This is due to a lack of information on nutrition and relevant management tools or people trained as poultry farm managers. With the aim to alleviate poverty and hunger in Togo, an inter-university project [Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) and University of Lome (UL)] as a model for poultry development was being run from June 2006 to May 2012. Specific objectives of the project are 1) to provide insights and disseminate guidelines and information on adapted methods to improve poultry production and 2) to focus on development of new technologies in poultry production and implementation of research on better poultry nutrition, feeding and management practices.

Keywords

feedingingredientsextensiondeveloping countries
Type
Small-Scale Family Poultry Production
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 607 - 616
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2014 

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