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
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationHaramaya Universityen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.subregionSnnpr
cg.creator.identifierYoseph Mekasha: 0000-0001-5992-3588
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1509-zen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1573-7438en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriINDIGENOUS BREEDSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.volume50en
dc.contributor.authorKenfo, H.en
dc.contributor.authorMekasha, Yosephen
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Y.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-01T11:17:35Zen
dc.date.available2018-05-01T11:17:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92436
dc.titleA study on sheep farming practices in relation to future production strategies in Bensa district of southern Ethiopiaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-01-09
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
dcterms.extentp. 865-874en
dcterms.issued2018-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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