SELF SUFFICIENCY IN CONCENTRATE FEED

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• SELF SUFFICIENCY IN CONCENTRATE FEED
• FOR
• RED MEAT AND MILK PRODUCTION

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AGENDA

• Background
• Reasons of Low Self Sufficiency
• Types of Feeds
• Challenges for feed
• Strategy to encourage the red meat and milk
  production in UAE

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Back Ground

• As per the data form Ministry of Environment and
  water status of self sufficiency of UAE in
  different categories of Food are as follow
• Dates and Fisheries 100
• Vegetables 39
• Milk and Dairy products 55
• Meat and Poultry 15 25
• Means self sufficiency in terms of poultry and
  meat, and more specially red meat is very low.
• This issue was neglected so many years due to the
  availability of meat being imported form other
  countries like Australia, India, Pakistan,
  Somalia etc.
• Partly meat was supplied from locally reared
  sheep and goat, villagers were having in their
  Izbahs / small farms.
• With the increase in population, all this supply
  is not sufficient.

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Reasons of Low Self Sufficiency

• One of reason for the this low self sufficiency
  is that red meat production was not started on
  large scale commercial farms like it was done for
  dairy products.
• By commercialized farming for meat producing
  animals can be managed properly considering cost
  and other factors. To secure food / meat supply
  in the country.
• Fish was preferred protein source historically in
  UAE, red meat consumption partly was replaced by
  poultry meat, due to knowledge of heart problems.
• Poultry farming started as industry and there are
  some arround15 farms are doing poultry farming
  on reasonably large scale, also they are is
  increasing capacities.
• Sheep and goat farming as well as beef farming
  was not taken seriously.

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Types of Feeds

• There are basically 6 types of feeds, where
  combination of two or three are fed to animal for
  meat and milk production.
• Roughages
• Forages / Fodders
• Concentrates
• Feed concentrates
• Vitamin-Mineral Premixes
• Total Mix ration (TMR)
• Roughages
• Feed materials higher in fiber and low in TDN
  (total digestible nutrients) are called
  roughages.
• Straw after harvest of crops
• e.g. wheat straw, rice straw, wheat bran etc

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Types of Feeds

• 2. Forages / Fodders
• Feed materials higher in fiber and bit low in
  TDN, and having some protein value are called
  roughages.
• Fodders are of two type
• Succulent Fodders
• Fresh green and high in moisture.
• Like green pastures, Field grown fodders like
  crops
• e.g. Berseem, Alfalfa, grasses etc.
• Dry Fodders
• Dry, green, but low in moisture.
• Like fodder available in the form of bales of
  20kg to 700kg.
• e.g. Alfalfa hay, Berseem hay, Sudan grass hay.
• 3. Concentrates
• Protein Concentrates
• Are used as protein sources in the ration
• E.g. Soybean meal, sunflower meal, cotton seed
  meal, rapeseed meal etc.

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Types of Feeds

• 4. Feed Concentrates
• Mixed and pelleted feeds are having all the
  required nutrient for different stages of animal
  are used along with roughages and forages.
• e.g. calf starter feed, dry cow feed, dairy
  feeds,
• calf starter, calf fattening feed, sheep feeds
  etc..
• 5. Vitamin-Mineral Premix
• These premix are formulated to cover the vitamins
  and mineral requirements of the animal at
  different age and stage of production.
• These premixes are either used in feed
  concentrates or total mix ration in the farm.
• E.g. calf premix, dry cow premix, milking cow
  premix etc.

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Types of Feeds

• 6. Total Mix Ration (TMR)
• At farm level for different groups of animals,
  different rations are made according to the
  requirement of animal at different production
  status and age etc.
• In TMR, ingredients, like fodders, roughages,
  concentrates, grains and Premix are added and
  mixed on daily bases for feeding to the animals
  in the herd.
• This type of feeding system is mainly feasible in
  large farms.

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Challenges for Red Meat Production

• There is not much production of fodders for
  grazing as supplying as green fodders.
• Most of the raw materials used in feed are being
  imported from other countries, therefore freight
  cost is added in the cost of local production.
• High price of raw materials is a big Challenge
  for the animal production
• There is enough supply available in the market
  with imported meat and milk, affecting the
  marketing final product.
• Market supply and price is mostly fluctuating.
• Interest of investor in the field of mutton, beef
  and dairy farming is comparatively less than the
  other fields, like banking, real state and other
  business.

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Strategy To Encourage The Red Meat And Milk
Production In UAE

• Governments plan for the 5 year or 10 for the
  growth of red meat and milk production is
  important, considering existing farms, feed
  supply and market of the final product at
  reasonable price.
• Investors should be encouraged by providing low
  interest loans.
• Commercial sheep as well as beef farming should
  be encouraged.
• Guidelines for establishment of farms and its
  operation need to be easily accessible.
• To improve the mutton yield of existing animals
  in the country concentrated feed should be fed,
  instead of mixes.
• Camel farming for dairy as well as for meat
  production should be encouraged to have benefit
  from the existing population of camels in
  country.
• Better breeding programs and health facilities
  need to be available for increasing population
  and health status of these animals.

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