Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed
Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure was undertaken in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed. A total of 41 dairy farms were selected randomly from three production sub-systems (intar-urban, large peri-urban and secondary town su...
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Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
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| author | Mekasha, Yoseph Tegegne, Azage Yami, A. Umunna, N.N. |
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| description | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure was undertaken in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed. A total of 41 dairy farms were selected randomly from three production sub-systems (intar-urban, large peri-urban and secondary town sub-systems), and cross sectional survey was implemented across all the production sub-systems. The result indicated that, female-headed family.owned 24.4% of the dairy farms, where the largest proportion was observed in intra-urban dairy farms (40%). The proportion of dairy farm owners being farmers was 34.2% followed by household wives (14.6%). About 78% of the dairy farm owners were literate (39% above secondary), while 22% were illiterate. The largest proportion of literate owners was found in large peri-urban, while the largest proportion of illiterate was found in intra-urban dairy farms. Most dairy farms (73.2%) were managed by the owner themselves and the type of cattle production is mainly dairying. All the dairy farms keep Holstein-Friesian as a dairy stock and the management system followed was intensive. The largest mean herd size ways observed, in large peri-urban dairy farms (128) followed by secondary town (9.1) and intra urban farms (9.2). The proportion of cows out of the total herd was 50%, where the largest proportion was observed in intra-urban (58%), dairy farms. The contribution of indigenous zebu cattle to the overall herd was only 2.5%. Milking cows contributed to 35.8% of the total herd and 72.2% of the total cows, where the largest was occurred in secondary town dairy farms. The proportion of heifers in the production system was 25.6% while the proportion of calves was 21.6%. The largest proportion of calves (88%) was found to be females. |
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| spelling | CGSpace504932023-02-15T09:36:45Z Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed Mekasha, Yoseph Tegegne, Azage Yami, A. Umunna, N.N. milk sheds dairy cattle milk production evaluation urban areas farms herds Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure was undertaken in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed. A total of 41 dairy farms were selected randomly from three production sub-systems (intar-urban, large peri-urban and secondary town sub-systems), and cross sectional survey was implemented across all the production sub-systems. The result indicated that, female-headed family.owned 24.4% of the dairy farms, where the largest proportion was observed in intra-urban dairy farms (40%). The proportion of dairy farm owners being farmers was 34.2% followed by household wives (14.6%). About 78% of the dairy farm owners were literate (39% above secondary), while 22% were illiterate. The largest proportion of literate owners was found in large peri-urban, while the largest proportion of illiterate was found in intra-urban dairy farms. Most dairy farms (73.2%) were managed by the owner themselves and the type of cattle production is mainly dairying. All the dairy farms keep Holstein-Friesian as a dairy stock and the management system followed was intensive. The largest mean herd size ways observed, in large peri-urban dairy farms (128) followed by secondary town (9.1) and intra urban farms (9.2). The proportion of cows out of the total herd was 50%, where the largest proportion was observed in intra-urban (58%), dairy farms. The contribution of indigenous zebu cattle to the overall herd was only 2.5%. Milking cows contributed to 35.8% of the total herd and 72.2% of the total cows, where the largest was occurred in secondary town dairy farms. The proportion of heifers in the production system was 25.6% while the proportion of calves was 21.6%. The largest proportion of calves (88%) was found to be females. 2003 2014-10-31T06:09:17Z 2014-10-31T06:09:17Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50493 en Limited Access Ethiopian Society of Animal Production |
| spellingShingle | milk sheds dairy cattle milk production evaluation urban areas farms herds Mekasha, Yoseph Tegegne, Azage Yami, A. Umunna, N.N. Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title_full | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title_short | Evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri-urban dairy production system in the Addis Ababa milk shed |
| title_sort | evaluation of the general farm characteristics and dairy herd structure in urban and peri urban dairy production system in the addis ababa milk shed |
| topic | milk sheds dairy cattle milk production evaluation urban areas farms herds |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50493 |
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