The role of irrigated fodder production to supplement the diet of fattening sheep by smallholders in southern Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Universityen
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2215/1030en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1870-0462en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.volume19en
dc.contributor.authorBezabih, Melkamuen
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Kinduen
dc.contributor.authorAdie, Aberraen
dc.contributor.authorKhan, A.K.en
dc.contributor.authorThorne, Peter J.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:13:20Zen
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:13:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/79450
dc.titleThe role of irrigated fodder production to supplement the diet of fattening sheep by smallholders in southern Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractFeed shortage and poor quality of available feeds are major constraints for livestock production in the highlands of Ethiopia. A trial was conducted to assess if producing irrigated oat-vetch fodder during the dry period could adequately supplement the diet of fattening sheep and generate additional income for smallholders. A total of 14 farmers and 70 sheep (5 per farmer) were involved in the trial. The farmers supplemented their fattening sheep with 200 g of irrigated oat-vetch fodder per day for about 70 days. The mean daily body weight gain of the fattened sheep ranged from 52 to 110 grams. The partial budget analysis revealed that while farmers with good feeding management could earn an additional income in the range of ETB 55 – 161 per sheep, farmers with the lower rate of weight gain could lose up to ETB 58 per sheep unless purchase and sale prices remained constant. Sheep prices do, however, fluctuate, peaking during major holiday periods occurring during the dry season. Therefore, timing of the fattening period is essential to profitability, and supplemental irrigated fodder production offers smallholders opportunities to produce good quality feed and target favourable markets for fattened animals.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBezabih, M., Duncan, A.J., Mekonnen, K., Adie, A., Khan, A.K. and Thorne, P.J. 2016. The role of irrigated fodder production to supplement the diet of fattening sheep by smallholders in southern Ethiopia. Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems 19(3): 263–275.en
dcterms.extentp. 263-275en
dcterms.issued2016-12-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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