Estimation of major livestock feed resources and feed balance in Moyale district of Boran Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Hassan, Hassanuur; Beyero, Netsanet; Bayssa, Merga

doi:10.5897/ijlp2019.0623

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“…This finding was corroborated with Emana et al. (2017) in the Abol and Lare districts of the Gambella area and Hassan et al. (2019) ) in the Moyale district of Southern Ethiopia's Boran Zone.…”

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Assessment of livestock feed supply and demand concerning livestock productivity in Lalo Kile district of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Ayele

Tolemariam

Beyene

et al. 2021

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The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of seasonality on feed balance in the Lalo kile district of the Kellem Wollega Zone of Western Ethiopia. The district was divided into two agro-ecological zones: mid and low altitude. A total of 127 respondents were chosen to be interviewed. To collect the required data in the study areas, a cross-sectional survey was used. To analyses the qualitative data, descriptive statistics were performed, while the General Linear Model (GLM) method was used to assess the impacts of seasonal feed availability and agro-ecology on dry matter yield and production constraints. The result showed that there has been seasonal fluctuation in the feed availability and the feed is generally abundant from June to September. The feed supply in terms of DM, ME, and DCP per household per year was 118.7 kg, 74,781 MJ/kg, and 118.61kg, respectively. The feed balance was negatively associated and substantially different all across the studied areas (P < 0.01). With a year's approach, the annual total feed supply exceeds only 66.13, 25.81, and 87.24 percent of the DM, DCP, and ME demands per household, respectively. As a result, total dry matter production, digestible crude protein, and metabolizable energy supply were only fulfilled for 9, 3.5, and 12 months in the research area's mid-altitude and 7, 3 and 9 months in the study area's low land altitude, respectively. The main limitations in both agro-ecologies of the research area include low production and reproduction, poor use of existing feedstuffs, and poor adoption of improved forage production. As a result, for successful livestock development in the study area, the adoption of better fodder and supplementation of productive animals should be considered.

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Assessment of livestock feed supply and demand concerning livestock productivity in Lalo Kile district of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Ayele

Tolemariam

Beyene

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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“…This brings livestock species composition variation because all species are not equally vulnerable to drought Asamenew et al, 2014. The number and type of species which are left and available during drought are not equally consumed by all livestock species and the extent and potential of adaptation by species variety (Hassanuur et al, 2020), due to that the number TLU species death variety from species to specie, cattle are the most victim and lag number of cattle per household mortality than camel and shoat (Fig- 3).…”

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Camel and Small Ruminant Based Pastoralism in Ethiopia: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

Teklegiorgis¹,

Yirga²

2021

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In Ethiopia, camel and shoat production are common pastoralism practices in three major pastoralist regions of Afar, Somali, and Borena. This review was aimed to indicate the recent trend and future prospect of camel and small ruminant production and the possible modifiers and the pros and cons of the practices in the pastoral area of Ethiopia. Data were organized and estimated from different researches conducted in each year. Data were organized in terms of the number of camel and shoat per household each year (2010-2020) and analyzed using trend and forecasting analysis model by SPSS software. There is an increment camel Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU) per household from 2.78, 13 and 9 to 37, 28, 28 between the year 2010-+2020 in Borena, Afar and Somali respectively and will increase to 45, 45, 35 by 2030 respectively. In the whole pastoralist regions, the number of camel TLU per household increases from 2.8 to 31 between the year, 2010-2020 and will increase to 50 TLU per household by 2030, while the number of goat and sheep increase from 1.4 and 0.91 TLU per household to 2.45 and 2.46 respectively between the year 2010-2020 and the predicted model indicate increase to 2 and 3.4 TLU per household by 2030. Climate change or drought and adaptation responses are the major drivers. Climate change coping and livelihood income improvements are the pros of the trend, while the reduction of cattle population and impact on the conservation of valuable indigenous cattle are the cons of the practices.

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“…This brings livestock species composition variation because all species are not equally vulnerable to drought Asamenew et al, 2014. The number and type of species which are left and available during drought are not equally consumed by all livestock species and the extent and potential of adaptation by species vary (Hassanuur et al, 2020). This might be due to the number of TLU species death varies from species to species; cattle are the most victims and lag number of cattle per household mortality than camel and shoat (Fig- 3).…”

Section: Possible Modi Ers Climate Change Adaptation Potentialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Camel and Small Ruminant Based Pastoralism in Ethiopia: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

Teklegiorgis¹,

Yirga²

2021

Preprint

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In Ethiopia, camel and shoat production are common pastoralism practices in three major pastoralist regions of Afar, Somali, and Borena. This review was aimed to indicate the recent trend and future prospect of camel and small ruminant production and the possible modifiers and the pros and cons of the practices in the pastoral area of Ethiopia. The data was collected from different researches conducted each year. The data was also organized in terms of the number of camel and shoat per household each year (2010-2020) and analyzed using trend and forecasting analysis model by SPSS software. There has been an increment of camel Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU) per household from 2.78, 13 and 9 to 37, 28, and 28 between the years 2010-2020 in Borena, Afar and Somali respectively and will increase to 45, 45, and 35 by 2030, respectively. In the whole pastoralist regions, the number of camels TLU per household has increased from 2.8 to 31 between the years 2010-2020 and will increase to 50 TLU per household by 2030. Moreover, the number of goats and sheep has increased from 1.4 and 0.91 TLU per household to 2.45 and 2.46, respectively between the years 2010-2020 and the predicted model indicates that it will increase to 2 and 3.4 TLU per household by 2030. Climate change, drought and adaptation responses were the major drivers. Climate change coping and livelihood income improvements were the pros of the trend, while the reduction of cattle population and impact on the conservation of valuable indigenous cattle were the cons of the practice.

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Estimation of major livestock feed resources and feed balance in Moyale district of Boran Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Cited by 5 publications

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Assessment of livestock feed supply and demand concerning livestock productivity in Lalo Kile district of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Assessment of livestock feed supply and demand concerning livestock productivity in Lalo Kile district of Kellem Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia

Camel and Small Ruminant Based Pastoralism in Ethiopia: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

Camel and Small Ruminant Based Pastoralism in Ethiopia: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

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