Feed balances for ruminant livestock: Gridded estimates for data constrained regions

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationHawassa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationClim-Eat, Netherlandsen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierSimon Fraval: 0000-0002-2936-2537en
cg.creator.identifierAlan Duncan: 0000-0002-3954-3067en
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Thornton: 0000-0002-1854-0182en
cg.creator.identifierAn Maria Omer Notenbaert: 0000-0002-6266-2240en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101199en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1751-732Xen
cg.issue7en
cg.journalAnimalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.volume18en
dc.contributor.authorFraval, Simonen
dc.contributor.authorMutua, John Y.en
dc.contributor.authorAmole, Tunde A.en
dc.contributor.authorTolera, Adugnaen
dc.contributor.authorFeyisa, Tesfayeen
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip K.en
dc.contributor.authorNotenbaert, An Maria Omeren
dc.contributor.authorAdesogan, Adegbola T.en
dc.contributor.authorBalehegn, Mulubrhanen
dc.contributor.authorAyantunde, Augustine A.en
dc.contributor.authorZampaligré, Nouhounen
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Alan J.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T06:36:42Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T06:36:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141997
dc.titleFeed balances for ruminant livestock: Gridded estimates for data constrained regionsen
dcterms.abstractDemand for animal source foods and livestock feed are forecast to increase across sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, there is a need to estimate the availability of livestock feed to support decision making at local, sub-national and national levels. In this study we assess feed balances for ruminant livestock in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Feed availability was estimated using remotely sensed products and detailed feed composition data. Feed requirements were estimated for maintenance, growth, lactation, gestation and locomotion using a data intensive model. Biomass available as animal feed was estimated to be 8.6 tonnes dry matter (DM) per hectare in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 3.2 tonnes DM per hectare in the Ethiopian lowlands, 2.9 tonnes DM per hectare in Burkina Faso’s Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 1.0 tonne DM per hectare in the Sahel. The energy requirements of lactating cows were estimated to be 62.1 Megajoules (MJ) per animal per day in the Ethiopian highlands and midlands, 62.7 MJ in the Ethiopian lowlands, 88.5 MJ in Burkina Faso’s Sudanian agro-ecological zone and 53.1 MJ per animal per day in the Sahel. Feed scarcity hotspots are most prominently located in the Ethiopian highlands and the Sahelian agro-ecological zone of Burkina Faso. Demand side policy and investment initiatives can address hotspots by influencing herd sizes, nutritional requirements and herd mobility. Supply side policy and investment initiatives can secure existing feed resources, develop new sources of feed and incentivise trade in feed resources. Improving feed balances will be of value to decision makers with the aims of optimising livestock productivity, minimising exposure to climatic shocks and minimising greenhouse gas emission intensity.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-05-21en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFraval, S., Mutua, J.Y., Amole, T., Tolera, A., Feyisa, T., Thornton, P.K., Notenbaert, A.M.O., Adesogan, A., Balehegn, M., Ayantunde, A.A., Zampaligre, N. and Duncan, A.J. 2024. Feed balances for ruminant livestock: Gridded estimates for data constrained regions. Animal 18(7): 101199.en
dcterms.issued2024-07en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectfeed requirementsen
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.subjectpastoralismen
dcterms.subjectmixed farmingen
dcterms.subjectintegrated crop-livestock systemsen
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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