Family poultry nutrition and feeding - The semi-intensive system

Published by - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

This presentation is part three in the series of ‘poultry nutrition and feeding’. It explains the feed resources and feeding practices prevalent in semi-intensive poultry production systems. It also details the differences in nutrition and feeding under semi-intensive and intensive systems. The presentation also focuses on the need to balance feed supply with provision of compound feed that has to supply approximately 70 percent of the nutrients.

The content of the video was prepared by Prof. Dr. Funso Sonaiya for Associate Poultry Advisers as part of a training programme organized by FAO in cooperation with IFAD.