Conservation and Improvement Strategy for Fogera Cattle: A Lesson for Ethiopia Ingenious Cattle Breed Resource

Table 2

Major constraints for the decreasing performance and population status of Fogera cattle.

Major constraints	Respondents ()				Score	Index	Rank
	1	2	3	4
Shrinkage of grazing land	52	14	10	8	278	0.33	1
Shortage of land for feed development and rearing of the breed	32	4	6	2	154	0.18	2
Absence of health follow-up and clinic	2	26	4	2	96	0.11	3
Lack of better breeding bull	4	12	8	0	68	0.08	4
Flood on grazing land and extinction of adaptive grasses	4	10	8	0	62	0.07	5
Lack of family labour to manage the breeds	0	16	4	0	56	0.066	6
Poor management adopted for the breed	4	12	0	0	52	0.061	7
Crossbreeding to upgrade the local breeds	6	4	6	2	50	0.05	8
Admixture of the breed with other highland breeds	2	4	2	0	24	0.02	9