The Buseesa Demonstration Farm Director Dr. Richard Lubega addressed residents of Busesa ,Kayunga and Kaikara in Matale sub county Kibaale District about the Indigenous Micro Organism (IMO) use in Natural Pig Farming.
He said that IMO is cheap, easy to make solutions and is produced by fermenting natural plant and fruit materials with sugar. The microorganisms can easily be found in the local area.
Indigenous microorganisms encompass a diverse array of microscopic life forms, notably bacteria, fungi, and yeast that naturally originate and thrive within specific ecological niches. These organisms intricately interact with their surroundings, coexisting harmoniously with a variety of life forms and playing essential roles in maintaining ecological balance and biological processes.
He also called upon farmers to embrace the Camborough pigs breed of piggery if they are to maximize profits. He added that Camborough is a robust, more efficient sow with fewer non-productive days than competitor sows because she can be bred earlier, has higher farrowing rates and breeds back more quickly.
He called upon farmers who would like to access Camborough piglets to contact Buseesa Demonstration Farm.
More about Cambrough Pigs
Camborough pigs are a product of a cross-breeding system known as criss-crossing- an alternated use of boars of two or more breeds on the female stock produced in a herd. This distributes good characteristics from many different breed lines involved and these are related to meat fat distribution (carcass quality), disease resistance, larger litter size and others. The animal is usually white in colour but, in rare cases, may show characteristics of particular breeds involved in the criss-crossing.