scholarly journals Cluster based Oat-vetch mixtures for forage production in Dodola district of West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
pp. 359-363
Author(s):  
Husein Nabi ◽  
Diriba Lelisa
Keyword(s):  
Production Management ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Cropping Season ◽  
Population Potential ◽  
Arsi Zone ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Development Agents ◽  
Improved Technology ◽  
Land Size

The present activity was conducted at Keta Berenda kebele of Dodola district of West Arsi Zone of Oromia in 2019 cropping season with the objectives to evaluate cluster-based pre-scaling up fodder oat mixture with vetch, collect farmers’ opinion on the performance of the technology, improve farmers’ knowledge and skill of application of the improved technology through training and increase local capacity for future scaling-up. Keta Berenda kebele was purposively selected from the district based on the livestock population potential and accessibility. Thirty-one farmers (24 males and 7 females) who had the willingness to accept and disseminate the technology and possess adequate land for forage production were selected in cluster form and established as 1 FREGs in collaboration with development agents of the Kebele. Fourteen trial farmers were nominated from the members for forage establishment. The technology was established on a land size of 2.945 ha with all recommended agronomic practices. The training was given for 20 farmers and 3 development agents on; forage production, management, and utilization practices. 8.01 t ha-1 biomass yields were obtained from an oat-vetch mixture. Hence, the technology should be further promoted on a wide scale to address the feed shortage scarcity of the study area.

IMPROVEMENT OF FORAGE QUALITY THROUGH PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PLANT BREEDING

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 895-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. HOWARTH ◽  
B. P. GOPLEN
Keyword(s):  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Forage Quality ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Cool Season ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Forage Management

The prospects for improving forage quality through improved management of forage production and through plant breeding are reviewed, with emphasis on the Canadian situation. The major components of forage quality are nutrient content, digestibility, voluntary intake, and lack of anti-nutritive factors. Since maturity has a major impact on forage quality, adequate harvest systems and equipment are essential for consistent production of quality forage. Legume forages are generally of higher quality than grasses. Greater use of legumes and improved procedures for renovation of grass-legume mixtures provide opportunities for improved forage quality. Greater use of complementary and rotational grazing systems should enhance intake of quality forage. Breeding for improved forage quality is a slow, long-term approach, but relatively small improvements in digestibility can give substantial improvements in animal productivity. Breeding for improved quality should continue with emphasis on anti-nutritive factors and intake of digestible energy. Progress in breeding the cool-season forages for improved quality has been impaired by inadequate analytical techniques. Analytical methods used in nutrition laboratories may require modification or adaptation to meet the unique requirements of plant breeders.Key words: Forage, management, breeding, quality, digestion

scholarly journals Identification of Insect Pest Species of Maize, Their Infestation and Damage Levels at Ziway Dugda Woreda, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lemmessa Gemmeda ◽  
Emana Getu
Keyword(s):  
Field Data ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Larval Density ◽  
First Record ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Infestation Level ◽  
Maize Crop ◽  
Cropping Season ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Arsi Zone

The survey was carried out in 2017 main cropping season to support farmers for correct insect pest identification. Three Kebeles, Hallo, Sambaro and Herara with five farmer’s fields randomly selected. Ten representative plants were taken from each field. Data on mean larval density per plant, percentage leaf infestation and damage levels were assessed. Results from mean larval density per plant showed that significant difference between insect species (R2= 0.96, Pr (>|Z|=0.013) where the highest 1.55-2.30 was recorded from C. partellus. There was a significant difference between C. partellus and M. trapezalis; S. frugiperda and M. trapezalis in percentage leaf infestation (R2=0.75, Pr. (>|Z|=2e-16) where, the highest were recorded from C. partellus and S. frugiperda representing 50-90% and 40-90% respectively. From the above, C. partellus and S. frugiperda were at risk, as a result insecticide was recommended. M. trapezalis showed a lower infestation level so that hand picking was more economical than use of insecticide. Hence, registration and detail molecular identification will be needed as M. trapezals is the first record on maize crop in Ethiopia.

Factors affecting loan repayment rate among smallholder farmers got loans from the Amhara Credit and Saving Institution: In the case of Habru District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
pp. 223386592110409
Author(s):  
Andualem Kassegn ◽  
Ebrahim Endris
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Loan Repayment ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Nonfarm Income ◽  
Development Agents ◽  
Land Size ◽  
Road Distance

The aim of this paper was to examine factors affecting loan repayment rate among smallholder farmers in the Habru District, Ethiopia, who had taken loans from the Amhara Credit and Saving Institution. In this study, both primary and secondary sources were used. The study employed a combination of multi-stage purposive and stratified sampling techniques in the selection of 384 borrowers from smallholder farmers in the study area. The Tobit model result found that a total of 10 out of the total 15 explanatory variables involved in the model were found to be statistically significant. According to the result demographic factors (age and household size), socio-economic factors (educational level, land size, livestock size, nonfarm income, purpose of borrowing), and institutional factors (road distance, contact with development agents, training received on loan use) were among the factors that influenced loan repayment rate of smallholder borrowers in the study area. Education level, land size, livestock size in tropical livestock unit, nonfarm income, purpose of borrowing, contact with agricultural extension agents, and training received on loan use were found to determine loan repayment rate of borrowers positively and significantly, while age, family size, and road distance were found to negatively and significantly determine loan repayment rate in the study area. Therefore, the overall results of this study underlined the great importance of the significant factors to profoundly achieve high repayment rate on borrowed funds from the Amhara Credit and Saving Institution in the studied area.

scholarly journals Scientific Technological Interventions on Rapeseed and Mustard: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Priyanka Sharma ◽  
Monish Roy ◽  
Ashok Kumar Sharma ◽  
Bidhan Roy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Cropping Season ◽  
Short Period ◽  
North Bank ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Improved Technology

In order to increase production, popularization of improved technology as well as for uplifting the socio-economic conditions of the small and marginal farmers of Sonitpur district which typically lies in North Bank Plain Agro-climatic Zone of Assam, a Crop demonstration was conducted among 100 numbers of agricultural beneficiaries in 5 clusters namely Chaiduar, Bihaguri, Balipara, Dhekiajuli and Gabhoru in the year 2020-2021 for the popularization of technology as well as cultivars. Selection of the beneficiaries and Villages were done based on their cropping sequence by the resource person working under the project entitled "Augmenting Rapeseed-Mustard Production of Assam farmers for Sustainable Livelihood Security" linked with Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) scheme. During the period of the cropping season, the selected farmers for adoption had shown keen interest in attending farmer’s technical training programme conducted at the cluster level for adopting scientific production techniques and methods gradually, which was considered as a very important technique to be followed by the marginal farmers of Assam to obtain good crop population and ultimately higher yield. Adopting scientific agricultural techniques had helped farmers to reduce the labour cost thus benefitted the farmers by reducing the cost of cultivation. Due to its suitable soil and agro-climatic conditions as well as through their dedication and continuous efforts towards farming, they could be able to achieve higher yield and income within a short period of time as well as could motivate the other small and marginal farmers of nearby villages for further uplifting their economic status thereby preserving their ancestral occupation for future generations.

Grazing Livestock Management in an Arid Ecosystem

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris M. Havstad ◽  
Laura F. Huenneke
Keyword(s):  
Production Management ◽  
Bos Taurus ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Grazing Management ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Livestock Industry ◽  
New Mexican ◽  
History Of ◽  
Jornada Basin

The history of livestock grazing in the Jornada Basin of southern New Mexico is a relatively recent story, but one of profound implications. For four centuries this region has supported a rangeland livestock industry— initially sheep (Ovis aries), goats (Capra aegagrus hircus), and cattle (Bos taurus and Bos indicus), but primarily beef cattle for the past 130 years. Throughout this brief history of a domesticated ruminant in an ecosystem without a significant presence of large hoofed mammals as part of its evolutionary development, the livestock industry has continually grappled with high degrees of temporal and spatial variation in forage production. Management of this consumptive use, whether during Spanish, Mexican, U.S. territorial, U.S. federal, or New Mexican governments, has constantly reaffirmed the need for grazing management to be flexible and responsive to the stress of droughts. The history of anecdotal experiences has been more recently augmented by scientific investigations first initiated in 1915. This chapter outlines the general history of livestock in this region, defining characteristics of herbivory in arid lands, and principles of grazing management derived from nearly a century of studies on grazing by large domesticated herbivores. Seventeen ships carried 1,200 people and enough cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs to colonize northern Hispaniola during Columbus’s second voyage in 1493. Livestock originating from the Andalusian Plain of southern Spain were loaded aboard ship at the southern port of Cádiz and the Canary Islands before making the 22- day voyage (Rouse 1977). It was not until 1521 that Gregorio Villalobos unloaded livestock in New Spain (Mexico) near Tampico; the actual number of cattle and their origin are disputed. Rouse (1977) claimed that 50 calves were transported to the mainland from either Cuba or Hispaniola, whereas Peplow (1958) and Wellman (1954) claimed 6 animals arrived from Hispaniola. Irrespective of the initial numbers, livestock were soon moved north from the Mexico City area during the early sixteenth century with both missionaries and resource extraction industries as retired military officers and Spanish nobility built a mining- and grazing-based economy throughout the region of present-day northern Mexico.

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