Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia
Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analyses...
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| author | Shiferaw, A. Puskur, Ranjitha Tegegne, Azage Hoekstra, Dirk |
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| description | Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analyses the six-year forage development programme, comparing its two phases, from an innovation systems perspective to identify best practices. The study shows that key forage innovative practices are: targeting innovative forage farmers, developing local forages, establishing private forage sources, forage promotion and diversifying capacity building. These best practices can be scaled up and out to address feed scarcity and increase livestock productivity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace162812025-06-13T04:20:23Z Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia Shiferaw, A. Puskur, Ranjitha Tegegne, Azage Hoekstra, Dirk feed crops feeds livestock Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analyses the six-year forage development programme, comparing its two phases, from an innovation systems perspective to identify best practices. The study shows that key forage innovative practices are: targeting innovative forage farmers, developing local forages, establishing private forage sources, forage promotion and diversifying capacity building. These best practices can be scaled up and out to address feed scarcity and increase livestock productivity. 2011-11-01 2012-01-11T23:22:29Z 2012-01-11T23:22:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16281 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Shiferaw, A., Puskur, R., Tegegne, A. and Hoekstra, D. 2011. Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia. Development in Practice 21(8): 1138-1152. |
| spellingShingle | feed crops feeds livestock Shiferaw, A. Puskur, Ranjitha Tegegne, Azage Hoekstra, Dirk Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title | Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | innovation in forage development empirical evidence from alaba special district southern ethiopia |
| topic | feed crops feeds livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/16281 |
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