Simulated economic and nutritional impacts of irrigated fodder and crossbred cows on farm households in southern Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationTexas A&M Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100517en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2452-2929en
cg.journalWorld Development Perspectivesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume31en
dc.contributor.authorBizimana, Jean-Claudeen
dc.contributor.authorBezabih, Melkamuen
dc.contributor.authorAdie, Aberraen
dc.contributor.authorKiker, Gregory A.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T20:17:20Zen
dc.date.available2023-07-31T20:17:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131350
dc.titleSimulated economic and nutritional impacts of irrigated fodder and crossbred cows on farm households in southern Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractThe livestock sector is one of the main pillars of Ethiopia’s economy. Despite its importance, several constraints related to livestock production such as low productivity, remain a major barrier to the development of the livestock sector in Ethiopia. Improving animal feed resources and breeds can have impacts on both household income and nutrition. Small scale irrigation (SSI) technologies are used to grow and improve yields of fodder with the purpose to feed animals, generate income and improve human nutrition through the consumption of animal products. A farm level economic and nutrition simulation model (FARMSIM) is used to evaluate the potential nutritional and economic impacts of the SSI technologies on households in southern Ethiopia, Lemo district. In the baseline scenario, fodder is grown on limited land with minimal input while in alternative scenarios, more land and input are allocated to fodder during the dry season due to irrigation. Results show that the annual average profit under alternative scenarios is almost twice that of the baseline. However, the distribution results highlight the risk associated with high production costs from SSI technologies investments. The nutrition results show that the quantities of products consumed by families in alternative scenarios meet the minimum daily requirements for calories, proteins, iron, and vitamin A but were insufficient for calcium and fat. A large deficit in vitamin A is observed under the baseline scenario, in addition to calcium and fat. However, forgoing some income to increase the quantity of animal products consumed at home led to nutrition improvement in Lemo district.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBizimana, J.-C., Bezabih, M., Adie, A. and Kiker, G.A. 2023. Simulated economic and nutritional im-pacts of irrigated fodder and crossbred cows on farm households in southern Ethiopia. World Development Perspectives 31:100517.en
dcterms.issued2023-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectsimulationen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectcrossbredsen
dcterms.subjectcowsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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