Abstract: The study was conducted in three districts ofEast Hararghe Zones, to phenotypically characterize sheep types of East Hararghe Zone under farmer management conditions, and to identify farmers' preference for breeding objective traits. Itinvolved both qualitative and quantitative types of research. A total of 150 indigenous sheep-owning farmers were selected for the survey and only mature 450 sheep (150 male and 300 non-pregnant females) were taken for a qualitative and quantitative ...
Abstract: Tef is the major crop grown in Ethiopia and the study area. However, its productivity is low mainly due to limited use of improved varieties and low soil fertility as result of intensive soil erosion and long history of cultivation. Therefore ,a field experiment was carried out on a farmer’s field at Gelan Akaki district during the 2018 main cropping season (from July to November 2018) to assess the response of tef varieties to blended NPSB fertilizer rates and to identify the ec...
Abstract: Recently, due attention was given to whether contract farming brings a holistic impact on the livelihood of smallholder farmers or not. Hence, the objectives of this study were to identify the determinants of dairy contract farming, its enforcement, and impact on milk production efficiency and annual income using data collected from 424 (192 participants and 232 non-participants) randomly selected milk-producing farmers from three districts of the North Shewa zone of Oromia Regiona...
Abstract: This study was conducted to phenotypically characterize and identify farmers’ breeding objective traits of indigenous chicken ecotypes around Dire Dawa. In total, 120 households participated in the interviews, which were conducted using a structured questionnaire and for phenotypic characterization, four hundred eighty individual chickens (163 female and 77 male from midland, 87 male and 153 female from lowland) were characterized under field conditions to describe qualitative an...
Abstract: This study was conducted to estimate non-genetic factors and genetic parameters for birth weight and reproduction traits of pure Jersey dairy cattle at Adea Berga Research Station. A total of 11,794 pure Jersey dairy cattle performance records which were collected from 1986 to 2019 was used for the study. The General Linear Model (GLM) procedures of SAS software were used to determine the effects of non-genetic factors. Genetic parameters and variance components were estimated by A...
Abstract: The study was carried out to assess the efficiency of artificial insemination, problems associated with its services, and the reproductive performance of dairy cattle in selected districts of West Hararghe Zone Oromia Regional State Ethiopia. Both cross-sectional and retrospective types of study design were used. A structured questionnaire was prepared and data were collected by using the purposive sampling method. A total of 261 respondents (210 AI beneficiaries, 42 animal health,...
Abstract: This study tried to assess agro-pastoral households’ poverty status in the Godey district to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs for development actors. It specifically aimed at analysing agro-pastoral households’ poverty status and its determinants in Godey district. Two stages random sampling procedure was employed to select sample households. In the first stage, all Tuulos of the district are listed and then only agro-pastoral Tuulos are purposely selec...
Abstract: Ethiopia is endowed with great biodiversity and the population has access to potentially many underutilized plant species with both nutritional and medicinal benefits. Moringa stenopetala here after named Moringa, is one of the most valuable and multi-purpose underutilized plant. This study analyzes Moringa tree-based agroforestry practice, market participation decision, and its impact on smallholder farmers‟welfare in Segen area people zone to fill the existing knowledge gap. De...
Abstract: The study was conducted to evaluate the Genotype by Environment interaction for growth and egg production performances of Kuroiler, Koekoek, Sasso, and Sasso-RIR exotic chicken breeds and assess chicken husbandry practices under smallholder production system in Gondar Zuria and Kalu districts of Eastern and Northern Amhara. The survey data were collected through questionnaires using180 households and analyzed by SAS software of chi- square test while 184 households and four chicken...
Abstract: Cow milk is a daily produced high value product that plays a significant role for both home consumption and income generating. However, the level of marketable surplus supply and benefits of the different market actors were not attained potential returns. Thus, this study attempted to analyze cow milk market chain of smallholder producers with the objectives of estimating profit margin, identifying factors affecting farmers’ decision to participate in cow milk market and determin...
Abstract: This study was carried out with the aim of evaluating Abera sheep community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) in Dara and Hula districts of Sidama Regional State and station-based breed improvement programs which has been implemented since 2018. Performance and pedigree data obtained from the ongoing community-based breeding programs and from the on-station program were used. Furthermore, survey data were used to evaluate the ongoing CBBPs. A total of 188 households, 91 CBBP particip...
Abstract: The study was conducted in Horro district on farmers’ flocks of Horro sheep community based sheep breeding program (CBBP) to evaluate productive performances and estimate the genetic parameter in Horro sheep in Ethiopia. A total of 2480 birth weight (BWt), 2441 three month weight (3MWt), 770 six-month weight (6MWt), 307 for both lambing interval (LI), and annual reproductive rates (ARR) traits produced from 1398 ewes,101 rams were used. The least-squares means analysis was perfor...
Abstract: The study was carried out in three districts of East Hararghe zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, from August2022 throughApril 2023, with the objectives of phenotypically characterizing and to assess breeding and husbandry practices of the communities in the study areas (Fadis, Gursum and Goro districts). Field observations, semi-structured questionnaires, focus groups, interviews with key informants, linear body measurements of sample indigenous cattle, and secondary data gathe...
Abstract: Contract farming has become a main pillar of the strategy to promote agricultural development in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aims at analyzing perceived risks, determinants of contract enforcement mechanisms and impacts of vegetables contract farming on production efficiency and income, using data collected from 423 smallholder vegetable producing households from four districts of East Shewa zone, central rift valley of Ethiopia. The study combines both quantitative and qualitative...
Abstract: Haricot bean is an important pulse crop that plays a vital role in the livelihood of smallholder farmers and the national economy in Ethiopia. This study was initiated to analyze haricot bean market chain in Guba Koricha District, West Hararghe Zone of Oromia National Regional State with the objectives of identifying haricot bean market chain actors, their functions and marketing channels, analyzing structure, conduct and performance of haricot bean market and examining determinant...