Integrating Characterization of Smallholders’ Feeding Practices with On-Farm Feeding Trials to Improve Utilization of Crop Residues on Smallholder Farms

Table 3

Use of crop residues within the production systems and seasons.

Production systems	Crop residues
	Maize stover; ()	Beans husks; ()	Wheat straw; ()	Sorghum straw; ()
Production systems
Free grazing (%)	16.95	2.47	37.31	23.91
Tethering and paddocking (%)	21.19	11.11	61.19	42.39
Semi-zero grazing	56.78	82.72	0.00	32.61
Zero grazing (%)	5.08	3.70	1.49	1.09
Chi-square	19.41	86.13	63.78	46.94
Season of feeding
Dry season	57.98	64.04	59.72	35.00
Rainy season	2.52	3.37	0.00	0.00
Throughout the year	39.50	32.58	40.28	65.00
Chi-square	0.28 (NS)	6.35 (NS)	4.18 (NS)	6.84

Significant at . NS: not significant at .