Assessment of lives stock feed resources and its constraint in Farta woreda

Abstract

The study was conducted in Farta Woreda South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State with the objective of assessing of major livestock feed resource and constraint in Farta Wereda The study area was located between deg N latitude amp deg Elongitude and found km far from Addis Ababa amp km from Bahir Dar The most common feed resource in the study area was crop residues Teff straw wheat straw and barely straw was high supplied types of feed resources in the study areas about and respectively native pasture and less amount of industrial by product Hay was the common and the only methods of feed preservation in the study area but none of them preserve their feed as form of silage due to lack of awareness The three Kebeles district were selected by using purposive sampling methods due to transport facility and households selected by randomly from the three kebele We were developed structured and semi structured questionnaire to collect the data on feed resource availability and constraint in the study area The household population was found in Wawamegera Abaregay and Tsegure kebeles which accounts and respectively Cattle were the high populated animals in the study area that accounts from the total livestock in the three Kebeles Both grazing and feed supplementation feeding system was more practiced in all study areas which accounts by followed zero grazing Thus the mean average milk yields in the study area were kg day kg day amp kg day in Tsegur Abaregay amp Wowamagera respectively This indicates Tsegure kebele was produced higher milk yield than the two kebeles