The survey was conducted in the target provinces,Kampong Cham and Pursat province,of Beef for Market Project funded by ACIAR,Australia,in January and July 2016.Survey was designed with three different types of farmers...The survey was conducted in the target provinces,Kampong Cham and Pursat province,of Beef for Market Project funded by ACIAR,Australia,in January and July 2016.Survey was designed with three different types of farmers such as adopted farmer,exposed farmers and non-exposed farmers.The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of the introducing forage on cattle production of smallholder farmers supported by the project.The adopted farmers,who have involved in the project,planted the forage to supplement their cattle,got higher BCS(Body Condition Scoring)and total income than exposed and non-exposed farmers.However,the BCS varied with season and gender of cattle as well,when in the raining season male cattle produced higher BSC than dry season and female cattle respectively.However,further study on impact of converting cropland into forage planting should be deeply analyzed,since there was competition of land use.展开更多
The survey was conducted four times between September 2015 and June 2016 with an interval of three months.Each survey lasted for 7 days at two main slaughterhouses in Phnom Penh city:Chroy Chongva and Beung Salang sla...The survey was conducted four times between September 2015 and June 2016 with an interval of three months.Each survey lasted for 7 days at two main slaughterhouses in Phnom Penh city:Chroy Chongva and Beung Salang slaughterhouses.The objective of this study is to evaluate the perceptions of cattle traders on their business and the BCS(Body Condition Score)of cattle arriving slaughterhouses.Results have shown that the interviewed traders started their business between 1995 and 2013.Most of them bought 3 to 4 cattle per time and slaughtered one head of cattle each day with an interval of one day transit.The buying of cattle relied on collectors and during of the time of study cattle were purcahsed from 13 different provinces.The supply of cattle was high from July to August and low from March to April.When arriving gathering areas nearby slaughterhouse,cattle were sent to slaughterhouse within one day and could be maintained with one week.Beef was mostly sold by themselves and to their relatives for retailing.They also sold beef to outside retailer,distributor and sold at market.The price of beef was high from March to April.High percentage of male cattle were found in slaughterhouses than female cattle with the age of 3 to 6 years old.High distribution of cattle were found to have BCS between 2 and 3 scores,and it is found that male cattle had higher BCS than female cattle.The amount of meat varies with BCS,e.g.up to 57.56%of total liveweight when BCS was 4 scores.The price of live cattle varies with cattle BCS and meat proportion of animal.展开更多
文摘The survey was conducted in the target provinces,Kampong Cham and Pursat province,of Beef for Market Project funded by ACIAR,Australia,in January and July 2016.Survey was designed with three different types of farmers such as adopted farmer,exposed farmers and non-exposed farmers.The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of the introducing forage on cattle production of smallholder farmers supported by the project.The adopted farmers,who have involved in the project,planted the forage to supplement their cattle,got higher BCS(Body Condition Scoring)and total income than exposed and non-exposed farmers.However,the BCS varied with season and gender of cattle as well,when in the raining season male cattle produced higher BSC than dry season and female cattle respectively.However,further study on impact of converting cropland into forage planting should be deeply analyzed,since there was competition of land use.
文摘The survey was conducted four times between September 2015 and June 2016 with an interval of three months.Each survey lasted for 7 days at two main slaughterhouses in Phnom Penh city:Chroy Chongva and Beung Salang slaughterhouses.The objective of this study is to evaluate the perceptions of cattle traders on their business and the BCS(Body Condition Score)of cattle arriving slaughterhouses.Results have shown that the interviewed traders started their business between 1995 and 2013.Most of them bought 3 to 4 cattle per time and slaughtered one head of cattle each day with an interval of one day transit.The buying of cattle relied on collectors and during of the time of study cattle were purcahsed from 13 different provinces.The supply of cattle was high from July to August and low from March to April.When arriving gathering areas nearby slaughterhouse,cattle were sent to slaughterhouse within one day and could be maintained with one week.Beef was mostly sold by themselves and to their relatives for retailing.They also sold beef to outside retailer,distributor and sold at market.The price of beef was high from March to April.High percentage of male cattle were found in slaughterhouses than female cattle with the age of 3 to 6 years old.High distribution of cattle were found to have BCS between 2 and 3 scores,and it is found that male cattle had higher BCS than female cattle.The amount of meat varies with BCS,e.g.up to 57.56%of total liveweight when BCS was 4 scores.The price of live cattle varies with cattle BCS and meat proportion of animal.
