Abstract:
Uganda’s livestock sector provides a wide range of animal products that are rich in high
quality proteins and have the potential as good and sustainable sources of income in many
areas. However, poor livestock production systems and lack of good pasture and fodder, in
terms of quality and quantity, are the main constraints to animal production in Uganda.
Among others, the different livestock production systems practiced in Uganda includes
intensive, extensive and semi intensive systems, each defined in the sections that follow