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Farming practices and breeding objectives identification of farmer in north shoa and south wello zones of Amhara region

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Title Farming practices and breeding objectives identification of farmer in north shoa and south wello zones of Amhara region
 
Creator Belayhun, Teklewold
Getachew, Tesfaye
Mustefa, Amine
Engdawork, Aweke
Sinke, Seble
Melesse, Aberra
 
Subject ethiopia
Goats
production system
breeding objective
goat population
 
Description The study aims at assessing the production systems and identifying the traits preferred by farmers in the study areas to establish community-based breeding and sustainable utilization programs. The study was conducted in the four purposively selected districts of North Shoa and South Wello zones of Amhara region (Merehabete, Wereillu, Moretena Jiru and Mojaena Wedera). A total of 120(30 farmers from each district) purposively selected farmers participated in their own flock ranking experiment. Furthermore, 216 (i.e., 54 farmers from each district) were interviewed about their goat production systems and trait preferences to be improved. The chi-square test was used to analyze qualitative data, and analysis of variance was used to analyze quantitative data generated by the survey. For the rank data, indexes were calculated using Microsoft Excel 2010. Income was the main objective of goat rearing in all the study areas. Doe has a larger proportion than other flock structures in all the study areas. Mostly, the age of castration was above one year in all the study areas. The breeding buck selection criteria were growth, shape, size, and color. Body size, litter size, and mothering ability were identified as important traits in all study areas. Early selling of fast-buck kids is practiced in all study areas for their immediate cash. This results in the use of poor-performing bucks for breeding and may result in negative selection. To address such issues, it is critical to create and implement a community-based breeding program that takes into account body size, litter size, mothering capacity, puberty age, and longevity.
 
Date 2023-09-15
2023-11-09T20:34:16Z
2023-11-09T20:34:16Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Teklewold Belayhun, Tesfaye Getachew, Amine Mustefa, Aweke Engdawork, Seble Sinke, Aberra Melesse. (15/9/2023). Farming practices and breeding objectives identification of farmer in north shoa and south wello zones of Amhara region. Heliyon, 9 (9).
2405-8440
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132883
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20207
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Heliyon