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Addressing the challenges facing agricultural mechanization input supply and farm product processing

Proceedings of an FAO Workshop held at the CIGR World Congress on Agricultural Engineering Bonn, Germany, 5–6 September 2006










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    In the past, many of the publications concerned with mechanization, draught animal power, hand-tool technology, etc. tended to be rather mono-topical, dealing with only one aspect of the subject. Farm power and mechanization also tended to be separated from the actual processes of crop production and processing; it was a topic created by engineers and was dealt with by engineers. As a result, there is a widespread lack of understanding of the subject, and there are many widely held mis conceptions with regard to the essential contribution of farm power and mechanization to small farmers’ productivity and livelihoods. In recent years, the Farm Power and Mechanization Group in FAO has broken away from this rather narrow approach and has put the different sources of farm power, mechanization, machinery, equipment and tools into a much broader context. We have looked at farm power from the perspective of rural livelihoods and farming systems, as well as the critical area of labour saving in HIV/AIDS and migrationaffected populations. We have purposely avoided taking rigid positions with regard to any one particular type of technology; instead, we have adopted a much wider brief and have been concerned to identify appropriate solutions for a range of situations.
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    Ce rapport présente les résultats obtenus dans le lac de Kossou, côte d'Ivoire, avec quatre formules alimentaires adaptées à l'élevage en cage de T. nilotica. La composition de l'aliment de base est la suivante : Farine de riz : 65 % ; tourteaux d'arachide : 18% remoulage de blé : 12 % ; farine de poissons : 4 % ; et coquillages : 1 % . Le taux de conversion moyen obtenu est de 2,32 kg d' aliment/kg de poissons produits. Celui-ci indique que le T. nilotica économise les besoins en protéine par une haute teneur d'énergie dans l'aliment. L'addition d'un complexe de vitamines à cette dernière formule n'est pas necessaire. Il semble qu'il y a suffisamment de ces éléments nutritifs présents dans l'aliment de base et le milieu de la cage. L' augmentation du pourcentage de farine de poissons à 8 % a légèrement amélioré le taux de conversion (2,19). La subtitution du tourteau d'arachide par le tourteau de coton a beaucoup diminué le prix de l'aliment sans avoir un effet sur l'élevage. Les périodes de circulation totale des eaux du lac ont entrainé une mauvaise influence sur les résultats. La basse teneur en oxygène dissous, l'augmentation du taux de respiration subsequent et le manque de plusieurs jours d'alimentation a diminué le rendement de quelques essais (formule vitaminique). Il est conclu que la teneur en protéine brute devrait être augmentée de 25 à 30 % pour rendre l'élevage plus efficace. Du point de vue économique, cette protéine est de sources végétales (tourt eaux de coton) mais un certain pourcentage doit venir de sources animales (farine de poissons). Le reste de l'aliment peut se composer d'hydrates de carbone comme source d'énergie. Du point de vue économique, les frais de l'alimentation avec les granulés complets revient à environ 100 F CFA/kg de poissons produits, par rapport à un prix de vente actuel de plus de 200 F CFA/kg de tilapia, nous pouvons dire que cette alimentation est rentable.
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