9 0 HUSBANDARY – 9.1 - ANIMAL HUSBANDARY IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

 

ORGANIC FARMING COURSE AGRO-ECONOMY

9 0 HUSBANDARY – 9.1 - ANIMAL HUSBANDARY IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 

 

Integrating animal husbandry into crop producing farms is one of the principles of organic farming. In temperate and arid zones, animal husbandry plays an important role in the recycling of nutrients, while it is less emphasised in the humid tropics. The caring, training, and nurturing of animals is considered an art in many farming communities

 

Integrating animals into a farm help creating a closed or semi-closed system where energy and nutrients are recycled. Animals can convert non-edible biomass (e.g. grass, straw, kitchen waste) into food, while increasing soil fertility with their manure.

ANIMALS INTEGRATED INTO THE FARM, SHOWING THE FLOW OF FODDER, DUNG AND PRODUCTS

 

 

KOZI YA KILIMO HAI KILIMO-UCHUMI

9 o UFUGAJI - 9.1 - UFUGAJI WANYAMA KATIKA KILIMO HAI

Kuunganisha ufugaji katika mashamba ya kuzalisha mazao ni mojawapo ya kanuni za kilimo hai. Katika maeneo yenye joto na ukame, ufugaji una jukumu muhimu katika urejelezaji wa virutubishi, wakati hausisitizwi sana katika nchi zenye unyevunyevu. Utunzaji, mafunzo na ulezi wa wanyama unachukuliwa kuwa sanaa katika jamii nyingi za wakulima

Kuunganisha wanyama katika shamba husaidia kuunda mfumo funge au nusu-imefungwa ambapo nishati na virutubisho ni recycled. Wanyama wanaweza kubadilisha biomasi isiyoweza kuliwa (k.m. nyasi, majani, taka za jikoni) kuwa chakula, huku wakiongeza rutuba ya udongo kwa samadi yao.