What is Game Farming in Agriculture?

Game farming can be defined as the method of farming where wild animals are utilized as livestock in place of domesticated animals. The success of any game farm is a function of running the farm based on the carrying capacity of the available land mass (total land area), with respect to hunting or game viewing.

What is the Purpose of a Game Farm?

A game farm can be defined as an area used for rearing of wild animals for different products such as food, meat, hides and feathers. The purpose of a game farm is to produce food, meat, hides and feathers for sales. However, photography and wildlife conservation are some of the reasons for setting up a game farm.

What do Game Farms do?

Privately owned game farms keep crocodile, eland, guinea fowl, elk, zebra, deer and ostrich behind large boundaries, slaughter them for meat, hides and feathers. Apart from that they also invite hunters that are ready to pay for a permit to shoot game.

Why is Game Farming Important in Africa?

In agricultural businesses, Game farming (Wildlife ranching) is considered to be one of the sectors growing rapidly in a positive direction over the years.

• i. Provision of food for man
• ii. It generates foreign exchange and attention through recreation and tourism
• iii. It creates excellent jobs that are sustainable especially in remote areas
• iv. It regenerates deteriorating life processes in remote areas
• v. It stimulates sustainable management of natural resources which are Africans irreplaceable inheritance
• vi. It encourages conservation of wildlife species, natural habitat and ecosystems