Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia animal traction has been an integral part of agricultural production for centuries. Pairs of Oxen have been employed to pull an ard plough (`Maresha') for seedbed preparation. Implement development for primary and secondary cultivation was the main focus until the end of the 70s. Some wo...

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Autor principal: Astatke, A.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49958
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description In Ethiopia animal traction has been an integral part of agricultural production for centuries. Pairs of Oxen have been employed to pull an ard plough (`Maresha') for seedbed preparation. Implement development for primary and secondary cultivation was the main focus until the end of the 70s. Some work on transport, earth movment and land shaping started in the mid-80s. But there has been little adoption by farmers of the new implements developed. This might be partly due to researchers not addressing the pertinent issues, to inadequacy of the extension system and to the reluctance of farmers to change traditional practices.
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spelling CGSpace499582023-02-15T09:36:42Z Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia Astatke, A. draught animals animal power traditional technology research programmes farm equipment yields wheat fertilizers cows In Ethiopia animal traction has been an integral part of agricultural production for centuries. Pairs of Oxen have been employed to pull an ard plough (`Maresha') for seedbed preparation. Implement development for primary and secondary cultivation was the main focus until the end of the 70s. Some work on transport, earth movment and land shaping started in the mid-80s. But there has been little adoption by farmers of the new implements developed. This might be partly due to researchers not addressing the pertinent issues, to inadequacy of the extension system and to the reluctance of farmers to change traditional practices. 1993 2014-10-31T06:08:36Z 2014-10-31T06:08:36Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49958 en Open Access International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle draught animals
animal power
traditional technology
research programmes
farm equipment
yields
wheat
fertilizers
cows
Astatke, A.
Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title_full Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title_short Research on the draught animal power systems in Ethiopia
title_sort research on the draught animal power systems in ethiopia
topic draught animals
animal power
traditional technology
research programmes
farm equipment
yields
wheat
fertilizers
cows
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49958
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