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Optimizing community-based breeding for indigenous goat breeds in Ethiopia
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Optimizing community-based breeding for indigenous goat breeds in Ethiopia
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Woldu, T.
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goats
animal breeding |
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| Description |
The study aims to analyze factors affecting contributions of goat farming to household economic success and food security in three goat production systems of Ethiopia. A study was conducted in three districts of Ethiopia representing arid agro-pastoral (AAP), semi-arid agro-pastoral (SAAP) and highland mixed crop-livestock (HMCL) systems involving 180 goat keeping households. Gross margin (GM) and net benefit (NB1 and NB2) were used as indicators of economic success of goat keeping. NB1 includes in-kind benefits of goats (consumption and manure), while NB2 additionally constitutes intangible benefits (insurance and finance). Household dietary diversity score (HDDS) was used as a proxy indicator of food security. GM was significantly affected by an off-take rate and flock size interaction (P
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| Date |
2016-07-28
2017-01-26T08:53:46Z 2017-01-26T08:53:46Z |
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Thesis
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Woldu, T. 2016. Optimizing community-based breeding for indigenous goat breeds in Ethiopia. PhD thesis in Agriculture. Stuttgart, Germany: University of Hohenheim.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79394 |
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en
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Open Access
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application/pdf
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University of Hohenheim
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