Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia
This survey explored the situation of different feed resources for ruminant livestock in two zones (central and eastern) in Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. These two zones account for the region’s 12% of the total land mass, 23% of the human population, 28% of the cattle population, and 56% of t...
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| author | Tesfay, Y. Gebrelibanos, A. Woldemariam, D. Tilahun, H. |
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| description | This survey explored the situation of different feed resources for ruminant livestock in two zones (central and eastern) in Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. These two zones account for the region’s 12% of the total land mass, 23% of the human population, 28% of the cattle population, and 56% of the small ruminant population.
Farmers feed their livestock a variety of feed resources that range from crop residues to non-conventional feeds.The overall contribution of crop residues exceeds 50% of the livestock feeds currently used by smallholder farmers, and this reflects the level of integration between crop and livestock farming.
Overall, the management and utilization of crop residues with particular attention to collection and
transportation is constrained by factors such as labour shortage, distance from harvesting field to animals and delayed harvest in the project districts. Grazing land management and improvement is seldom considered by farmers or the extension system. Acute shortages of AIBPs supply from the sources and high price fluctuation in the main towns of the districts are discouraging smallholder dairy and small ruminant farmers from using them on a regular basis. The contribution of improved forage plants is not as expected and forage genetic material multiplication sites are operating with insufficient budget and manpower, and not supported by proper research. The overall feed supply to demand ratio in four districts in the eastern zone is not enough to cover the annual maintenance requirements of the present stock. |
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| spelling | CGSpace710892023-03-13T14:35:57Z Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia Tesfay, Y. Gebrelibanos, A. Woldemariam, D. Tilahun, H. livestock animal feeding This survey explored the situation of different feed resources for ruminant livestock in two zones (central and eastern) in Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. These two zones account for the region’s 12% of the total land mass, 23% of the human population, 28% of the cattle population, and 56% of the small ruminant population. Farmers feed their livestock a variety of feed resources that range from crop residues to non-conventional feeds.The overall contribution of crop residues exceeds 50% of the livestock feeds currently used by smallholder farmers, and this reflects the level of integration between crop and livestock farming. Overall, the management and utilization of crop residues with particular attention to collection and transportation is constrained by factors such as labour shortage, distance from harvesting field to animals and delayed harvest in the project districts. Grazing land management and improvement is seldom considered by farmers or the extension system. Acute shortages of AIBPs supply from the sources and high price fluctuation in the main towns of the districts are discouraging smallholder dairy and small ruminant farmers from using them on a regular basis. The contribution of improved forage plants is not as expected and forage genetic material multiplication sites are operating with insufficient budget and manpower, and not supported by proper research. The overall feed supply to demand ratio in four districts in the eastern zone is not enough to cover the annual maintenance requirements of the present stock. 2016-01-30 2016-02-17T19:20:26Z 2016-02-17T19:20:26Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71089 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Tesfay, Y., Gebrelibanos, A., Woldemariam, D. and Tilahun, H. 2016. Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia. LIVES Working Paper 11. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | livestock animal feeding Tesfay, Y. Gebrelibanos, A. Woldemariam, D. Tilahun, H. Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title | Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Feed resources availability, utilization and marketing in central and eastern Tigray, northern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | feed resources availability utilization and marketing in central and eastern tigray northern ethiopia |
| topic | livestock animal feeding |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71089 |
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