A study on sheep farming practices in relation to future production strategies in Bensa district of southern Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationHaramaya Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionSnnpren_US
cg.creator.identifierYoseph Mekasha: 0000-0001-5992-3588en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1509-zen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1573-7438en_US
cg.issue4en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriINDIGENOUS BREEDSen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen_US
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen_US
cg.volume50en_US
dc.contributor.authorKenfo, H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMekasha, Yosephen_US
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Y.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-01T11:17:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-05-01T11:17:35Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92436en_US
dc.titleA study on sheep farming practices in relation to future production strategies in Bensa district of southern Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe study was carried out in Bensa district of Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. Agro-ecologically, the study sites were classified into highland and mid-altitude. The objective of the study was to identify sheep farming practices in relation to future production strategies in the study area. A total of 128 households from four kebeles (lower administrative structure) were selected purposively based on sheep population and production potential and accessibility. Data was collected through semi-structured questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key informants. The result showed that most of the household heads were male (92.75%) and mixed crop-livestock system was the dominant production system. Among the livestock species, sheep accounted for the largest proportion across the two agro ecologies and the average sheep flock size/household was 4.6 ± 0.33 and 22 4.3 ± 0.213 in highland and in mid-altitude, respectively. The primary reason of keeping sheep was for cash income and saving across the two agro ecologies. The major feed resources for sheep during the wet and dry seasons were natural pasture and crop residues respectively across the two agro ecologies. Feed shortages, disease, parasite prevalence, and market were the major sheep production constraints in highland while feed shortage, genotype, disease, parasite prevalence, and market in mid-altitude. It can be concluded that for enhancing future production from sheep in the area, emphasis is to be given on feed availability, disease management, breeding policy, and marketing strategies.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2018-01-09en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKenfo, H., Mekasha, Y. and Tadesse, Y. 2018. A study on sheep farming practices in relation to future production strategies in Bensa district of southern Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production 50(4):865–874.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 865-874en_US
dcterms.issued2018-04en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectsheepen_US
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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