One of the challenges many Ugandan farmers have is setting up a traceable farm layout. And this is the first lesson anyone can pick from Nakifuma Farming Company.
At its reception, there is a site map of the farm, indicating the location of every structure. There are also construction sketches for all structures under the farm. The abattoir, now in its final stage of construction, is the first building near the farm offices. From here, a visitor goes through the first biosecurity check, where clothes are changed, before entering a metallic gate into the pig pens.
Here, a second biosecurity check is carried out including a complete body bath with automatic showers and a change of white clothes. Then, you are allowed to access the pig houses.
The pigsties, some as large as 25×100 feet, occupy eight acres. In total, the farm sits on 30 acres. The houses are specially constructed right from the farrowing house or call it a maternity ward, the weaners house, the dry sows house, and the finisher’s house.
Near the houses are several other supportive structures including feed storage containers for each of the piggery houses. These are connected to each pig house through a maze of pipes.
Each house has also got its own distinct water tanks, from which the pigs can access water automatically.
Magnay says. “Each of the houses has an integrated waste management system that channels all waste through a maze of pipes to a large lagoon,”
When the pigs release waste, it filters through the holes on the floor of the pens into the waste management system.
