Low-Cost Feed Formulation for Poultry and Pigs
About Course
This course teaches farmers and small-scale feed millers how to formulate nutritionally balanced, low-cost feeds for poultry and pigs using locally available ingredients. You’ll learn nutrient targets, ingredient selection, step-by-step mixing and processing, simple quality checks, cost calculation methods, and how to adapt formulas to local prices and ingredient availability. The course emphasizes safety, anti-nutritional control, and practical small-scale methods suitable for African smallholders.
Course Content
Basics of Nutrition and Feed Formulation
Basics of Nutrition and Feed Formulation
Local Ingredients: Nutrient Profiles and Selection
Step-by-Step Formulation Methods: Practical and Worked Examples
Processing, Mixing, and Small-Scale Production
Quality Control, Feed Safety and Anti-Nutritional Management
Costing, Record-Keeping and Economics of Low-Cost Formulation
Practical Strategies to Reduce Cost Without Sacrificing Performance
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