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Feed resources availability, cattle fattening practices and marketing system in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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Title Feed resources availability, cattle fattening practices and marketing system in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
 
Creator Mulu, S.B.
 
Subject CATTLE
FATTENING
FEED RESOURCES
MARKETING
 
Description Availability of major feed resources, cattle fattening practices and marketing system were studied to generate baseline information which can be used for future interventions to develop market oriented cattle fattening program within the integrated mixed crop-livestock system. The study was conducted using cross-sectional survey by interviewing a total of 153 cattle fattener households proportionally selected from four kebeles in Weina-Dega and two kebeles in Sub- Kolla agro-ecologies of Bure Woreda in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Moreover, focus group discussions, field observations, market monitoring and heart girth measurement have been done to enrich the data. Data analyses were carried out using SAS, JMP5 statistical software. The study showed that the major feed resources available to livestock include cropresidue, stubble grazing, natural pasture and hay which varied with seasons. Mean annual total utilizable feed supply per household was 12.70 TDM. Of which, 10.77 TDM (about 84.81%) was derived from cropping system which comprised 9.63 TDM crop-residues and 1.14 TDM stubble grazing. Total utilizable DM production from cropping system per household significantly varied (P
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Date 2010-02-22T10:37:09Z
2010-02-22T10:37:09Z
2009-06-15
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Mulu, S.B. Mekelle University, Mekelle (Ethiopia). 2009. Feed resources availability, cattle fattening practices and marketing system in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. MSc thesis (Livestock Production and Pastoral Development). 105p. Mekelle (Ethiopia): Mekelle University.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/672
 
Language en
 
Publisher Mekelle University