Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia

Feed is the main constraint of livestock production in Ethiopia. The major feed resources are inadequate and poor in quality. Grazing lands are shrinking and degraded, and crop residues are very poor in quality. The formulated concentrate feeds and agro-industrial by products are highly inflated in...

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Main Authors: Assefa, Getnet, Bezabih, Melkamu, Mekonnen, Kindu, Adie, Aberra, Gebreyes, Million, Seifu, Haimanot
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121956
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author Assefa, Getnet
Bezabih, Melkamu
Mekonnen, Kindu
Adie, Aberra
Gebreyes, Million
Seifu, Haimanot
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Assefa, Getnet
Bezabih, Melkamu
Gebreyes, Million
Mekonnen, Kindu
Seifu, Haimanot
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Bezabih, Melkamu
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Adie, Aberra
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description Feed is the main constraint of livestock production in Ethiopia. The major feed resources are inadequate and poor in quality. Grazing lands are shrinking and degraded, and crop residues are very poor in quality. The formulated concentrate feeds and agro-industrial by products are highly inflated in price, and not affordable to most smallholder livestock producers. Under such scenarios transformation of livestock productivity in Ethiopia needs to bring a breakthrough in quality feed production and supply. Cultivated forage crops are the feasible options to increase feed availability and quality, to protect the environment and much more. This brief describes the potential of cultivated forage crops and the basic production practices for selected and recommended forage crops in mixed crop–livestock production systems in Ethiopia
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spelling CGSpace1219562025-11-11T16:36:13Z Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia Assefa, Getnet Bezabih, Melkamu Mekonnen, Kindu Adie, Aberra Gebreyes, Million Seifu, Haimanot animal feeding forage seed seed production agriculture climate-smart agriculture Feed is the main constraint of livestock production in Ethiopia. The major feed resources are inadequate and poor in quality. Grazing lands are shrinking and degraded, and crop residues are very poor in quality. The formulated concentrate feeds and agro-industrial by products are highly inflated in price, and not affordable to most smallholder livestock producers. Under such scenarios transformation of livestock productivity in Ethiopia needs to bring a breakthrough in quality feed production and supply. Cultivated forage crops are the feasible options to increase feed availability and quality, to protect the environment and much more. This brief describes the potential of cultivated forage crops and the basic production practices for selected and recommended forage crops in mixed crop–livestock production systems in Ethiopia 2022-08-30 2022-09-28T17:19:50Z 2022-09-28T17:19:50Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121956 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa Assefa, G., Bezabih, M., Mekonnen, K., Adie, A., Gebreyes, M. and Seifu, H. 2022. Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia. AICCRA Info Note. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA).
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forage
seed
seed production
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
Assefa, Getnet
Bezabih, Melkamu
Mekonnen, Kindu
Adie, Aberra
Gebreyes, Million
Seifu, Haimanot
Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title_full Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title_fullStr Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title_short Cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of Ethiopia
title_sort cultivated forage production in the mid and high altitude areas of ethiopia
topic animal feeding
forage
seed
seed production
agriculture
climate-smart agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121956
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