Sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen
cg.contributor.affiliationBonga Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationSouthern Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJane Wamatu: 0000-0003-3544-6718
cg.creator.identifierMuluken Zeleke: 0000-0001-6488-0607
cg.placeAddis Ababa, Ethiopiaen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
dc.contributor.authorWamatu, Janeen
dc.contributor.authorZeleke, Mulukenen
dc.contributor.authorAbiso, Tesfayeen
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-13T13:35:47Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-13T13:35:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117494
dc.titleSheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractSheep fattening has been a long-standing practice in Ethiopia, which is particularly geared towards meeting the demand, which typically increases during festive seasons. It is considered low-risk and more profitable than rearing large ruminants. The traditional sheep fattening cycle can last six months or longer. Farmers attribute the long fattening period to a lack of adequate and high-quality feed, poor management due to a lack of skills and knowledge of improved fattening practices and supplementary feeding methods. Thus, improving the feeds and nutrition aspects of the small ruminant value chains became one of the core intervention areas for the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry areas, ICARDA. Focus has been put on market-oriented sheep fattening that entails short-term intensive feeding of rams prior to sale using formulations from locally available feed sources. This manual provides simple and tested practical guidelines for sheep fattener and extension workers in Ethiopia. It contains information on feeds and feeding management options that can be applied by small-scale producers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWamatu J, Zeleke M, Abiso T. 2021. Sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en
dcterms.extent31 p.en
dcterms.issued2021-12-22
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeTraining Material

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