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    AVAILABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FE PRACTICES AND COPING STRATEGI MAREKO SPECIAL WOREDA WEYA WAMISHO GUMATO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES AVAILABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FEED RESOURCES, FEEDING COPING STRATEGIES WITH DRY SEASON WOREDA DISTRICT OF, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
    (wolkite university, 2025-12-04) WEYA WAMISHO GUMATO
    The study was aimed with to study assess the availability of Livestock Feed Resources, Feeding Practices, Coping Strategies with Dry Season and estimate the DM yield of available feed resources. Household survey was involved by interviewing a total of 138 respondents which comprises three Keble’s from midland and two kebeles from the lowland agro-ecologies. The collected data from, quantitative data were analyzed by using SPSS, version 22. The results revealed that the dominant feed resource in the area were crop residues (94.2. %), natural pastures(2.89%) , fodder trees (1.44%) and improved forage 1.45% The feed utilization practices in the area were free grazing(52.17%),Tethering (41.3%) and Stall feeding (6.53%).. The study results showed that a total of 561.533 tones of dry matter are produced for total TLU values of 673.92 but in actuality1536.5376 tones of dry matter is required for the surveyed existing stocks regardless of the nutritional content of the dry matter. Quantification estimate clearly showed that the time of abundant feeds availability in the study kebeles were only 4.38 months. The findings of this study have shown that almost all the respondents experienced acute scarcity of feed supply during the dry season and use crop residues (68.84%), purchase forage (rent grazing land) 5.79%, reduction of stock 7.24%, fodder trees 13.04% and purchase concentrates 5.07%. Livestock feed production and utilization practices were mainly crop-residues-pasture-based, improvement in feeds and feeding systems is needed through introducing improved forage species, improving the quality of crop-residues, over-sowning pasture land with suitable legume forages specie and conserving feeds when abundant in suppl
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    LIVESTOCK DYNAMICS, FEED BALANCE AND COPING STRATEGIES OF ENSET BASED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF GURAGE ZONE: PROSPECT TOWARDS ENSET WILT
    (wolkite university, 2022) DEREJE FELEKE
    Enset wilt problem has been becoming a significan challenge to the expected level of food and feed produced from Enset plant in Enset producing areas of Ethiopia. Numerous studies have been done but it is difficult to get studies that evaluate its impact and indicate strategies that have been used to cope with this production system. A descriptive and explanatory cross-sectional survey research design was employed. Multi stage sampling was employed to select the districts, PAs and households. Five districts of Gurage zone namely Endegagn, Enemor Ener, Gumer, Cheha and Geto were selected based on the degree and experience of the areas with Enset wilt disease. The formal survey, focus group discussion, field monitoring and secondary data collection methods are employed and gathered qualitative and quantitative data. The formal survey focused on livestock and feed resources of Enset wilt -affected areas and livestock feed balance of the area. Furthermore, a chemical analysis of sample feeds was done to determine the nutritive value of available feed resource. Chi-square was employed for mean and mean comparison using an independent sample T-test and percentages. Indices were also estimated to calculate farmers’ various choices and preferences. The average land holding per household in highland and midland was 1.15 and 1.52 ha, respectively. Natural pasture ((689(0.47)) was the primary feed resource followed by ((300(0.21)) mixture of natural pasture and Enset. A decadal livestock population from the zonal level indicated that a significant cattle population increase was observed compared to other livestock species. Average livestock holding of respondents confirmed that a significant difference (p<0.05) was observed only in the number of sheep (0.173±0.97; 0.068±0.13) and equine (0.58±0.66; 0.15±0.39) between the two agro-ecologies. Shortage of land was ranked first among other feed resource availability challenges in both agro-ecologies. The estimated annual DM supply was 524.65 and 901.38 ton/year for livestock maintenance of highland and midland agro ecologies. Feed DM requirement only satisfy 85.23%. Estimated annual Metabolizable energy available for livestock maintenance in the highland and midland agro ecology were 2095097 and 6217406.35 MJ/kg for highland and midland, respectively. Feed ME requirement only satisfy 59.2% and 84.27% in highland and midland agr-ecologies. There are four major coping strategies i.e., feeding enset parts, feed conservation vs. enset, renting grazing land and selling livestock were identified. Due to enset wilt disease higher prevalence rate, using Enset crop as livestock feed was becoming a challenge, and the livestock species population dynamics is changing due to various factors that hinder livestock production coupled with enset wilt disease. Farmers are still dependent on enset plant to cope up with dry season feed shortages. Implementation of feed resource rehabilitation program is a must for this production system. Farmers should search for other locally adaptable forage species to fulfill the observed deficit at DM and nutrient base.
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    AVAILABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FE PRACTICES AND COPING STRATEGI MAREKO SPECIAL WOREDA WEYA WAMISHO GUMATO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES AVAILABILITY OF LIVESTOCK FEED RESOURCES, FEEDING COPING STRATEGIES WITH DRY SEASON WOREDA DISTRICT OF, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
    (wolkite university, 2025) WEYA WAMISHO GUMATO
    The study was aimed with to study assess the availability of Livestock Feed Resources, Feeding Practices, Coping Strategies with Dry Season and estimate the DM yield of available feed resources. Household survey was involved by interviewing a total of 138 respondents which comprises three Keble’s from midland and two kebeles from the lowland agro-ecologies. The collected data from, quantitative data were analyzed by using SPSS, version 22. The results revealed that the dominant feed resource in the area were crop residues (94.2. %), natural pastures(2.89%) , fodder trees (1.44%) and improved forage 1.45% The feed utilization practices in the area were free grazing(52.17%),Tethering (41.3%) and Stall feeding (6.53%).. The study results showed that a total of 561.533 tones of dry matter are produced for total TLU values of 673.92 but in actuality1536.5376 tones of dry matter is required for the surveyed existing stocks regardless of the nutritional content of the dry matter. Quantification estimate clearly showed that the time of abundant feeds availability in the study kebeles were only 4.38 months. The findings of this study have shown that almost all the respondents experienced acute scarcity of feed supply during the dry season and use crop residues (68.84%), purchase forage (rent grazing land) 5.79%, reduction of stock 7.24%, fodder trees 13.04% and purchase concentrates 5.07%. Livestock feed production and utilization practices were mainly crop-residues-pasture-based, improvement in feeds and feeding systems is needed through introducing improved forage species, improving the quality of crop-residues, over-sowning pasture land with suitable legume forages specie and conserving feeds when abundant in supply.