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Price-quality relationships for the main livestock feed types in the Ethiopian feed market

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Title Price-quality relationships for the main livestock feed types in the Ethiopian feed market
 
Creator Melesse, Adey
Bezabih, Melkamu
Adie, Aberra
Asmare, Yonas
Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.
Devulapalli, Ravi
Jones, Christopher S.
Blümmel, Michael
Hanson, Jean
Alemu, Tesfaye
Duncan, Alan J.
 
Subject livestock
animal nutrition
feeds
nutritive value
prices
markets
animal feeding
 
Description This study assessed the price-quality relationships for the major feed products in Ethiopia with a view to informing policy makers on possible avenues to develop the livestock feed sector in the country. A survey of livestock feed markets was conducted from April to May 2019 in five regions (Amhara, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Oromia, Tigray and Addis Ababa). A total of 1700 feed samples with their respective price information were collected from 202 marketplaces. The collected samples were analyzed for their crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) and metabolisable energy (ME) content. Results showed considerable variability in quality within the same feed type. Pearson correlation and regression analyses showed that price-quality relationships for the feed samples were either very weak or non-existent. Wheat bran showed a weak price to quality correlation for CP (r= 0.200 at P
 
Date 2023-07-19
2023-08-14T15:41:48Z
2023-08-14T15:41:48Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Melesse, A., Bezabih, M., Adie, A., Asmare, Y., Prasad, K.V.S.V., Devulapalli, R., Jones, C.S., Blummel, M., Hanson, J., Alemu, T. and Duncan, A.J. 2023. Price-quality relationships for the main livestock feed types in the Ethiopian feed market. Frontiers in Animal Science 4:1194974.
2673-6225
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131550
https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2023.1194974
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Frontiers Media
 
Source Frontiers in Animal Science