Economic values of some important traits for smallholder dairy production in Central Ethiopia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationHaramaya Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holeta Agricultural Research Centeren_US
cg.contributor.donorEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Researchen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivityen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierTesfaye Getachew Mengistu: 0000-0002-0544-6314en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-024-04159-9en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0049-4747en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobsen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen_US
cg.volume56en_US
dc.contributor.authorHunde, Direbaen_US
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Yosefen_US
dc.contributor.authorTadesse, Millionen_US
dc.contributor.authorBiratu, Kasaen_US
dc.contributor.authorShumiye, Mollaen_US
dc.contributor.authorYadesa, Endaleen_US
dc.contributor.authorWedajo, Fikaduen_US
dc.contributor.authorGetahun, Kefaleen_US
dc.contributor.authorBeneberu, Niboen_US
dc.contributor.authorGelmesa, Ulfinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGetachew, Tesfayeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T17:38:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-20T17:38:04Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/169485en_US
dc.titleEconomic values of some important traits for smallholder dairy production in Central Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractEconomic value (EV), sensitivity of EV and relative economic importance of milk yield (MY), age at first calving (AFC), calving interval (CI) and herd life (HL) traits were estimated for smallholder dairy cattle production in the central part of Ethiopia. The data on biological and economic parameters were collected using household interview and group discussions methods participating 238 farmers who had crossbred dairy cattle. Bio-economic model was used to calculate EV, sensitivity of EV and relative importance of EV. Cost of animal feed takes the highest share which accounted 81.35% of the total expenditure. The overall average profit per farmer expressed in Ethiopia currency (ETB, 1 US-$ = 39.55696 ETB) was 72,458.10 ± 5068 per year. Profitability of crossbred dairy cattle significantly varied (P < 0.05) between zones. Economic value estimated for MY, AFC, CI and HL in ETB were 13.38/kg, -16.19/day, -33.58/day and 79.55/day. The associated EV per additive standard deviation were 6083.62, -1311.59, -1271.05 and 117.73 ETB for MY, AFC, CI and HL, respectively. Analysis of sensitivity to scenario change (± 20%) showed that milk price had positive association with profit and EV, whereas feed price has inversely influenced both profit and EV. The profit obtained by farmers was altered by ± 29.08% and ± 12.31% as milk price and feed price fluctuated by ± 20%, respectively. Similarly, the EV of MY was changed by ± 20% with change in milk price and ± 7% with feed price. Scenario change in feed price (± 20%) has also caused ± 13.63% change on EV for AFC and ± 17.58% for CI. It can be noted that profit and EV of the traits were less sensitive to the change in price of milk, feed and labor. In general, the results of EV and profitability were encouraging for dairy farmers and the estimates can be used as an input for development of breeding program in the study area.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-09-21en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDireba Hunde, Yosef Tadesse, Million Tadesse, Kasa Biratu, Molla Shumiye, Endale Yadesa, Fikadu Wedajo, Kefale Getahun, Nibo Beneberu, Ulfina Gelmesa, Tesfaye Getachew. (21/9/2024). Economic values of some important traits for smallholder dairy production in Central Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 56.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-09-21en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringer (part of Springer Nature)en_US
dcterms.subjectprofiten_US
dcterms.subjectbio-economic modelen_US
dcterms.subjectmilk pricesen_US
dcterms.subjectfeed priceen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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