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Technology package	SWEET POTATO SILAGE FOR FEEDING PIGS
Summary	Sweet potato is an important crop for humans and domesticated livestock, particularly pigs. Providing consistent, nutritious feed is a challenge for all livestock systems. Feed conservation is a major constraint to productivity of village smallholder farmers in PNG, since till now there has been no means of storing perishable starchy feeds like sweet potato, for longer term after the lush season. NARI Livestock Research Project has released the adapted technique of ensiling a mixture of sweet potato tuber and vine, a technique enabling feed nutrients to be stored as a preserved (fermented) feed for up to seven months. The silage can then be mixed with other feeds containing more protein and can then be fed as a highly palatable and nutritious feed to all classes of pigs.
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