Research Article
Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Table 1
Livestock holding per individual household in the study areas (N = 160).
| | Description | Project intervention | Nonintervention | F | value | | Livestock species | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | Range |
| | Ox | 0.51 ± 0.57 | 0.00–3.00 | 0.60 ± 0.61 | 0.00–2.00 | 0.88 | 0.351 | | Cow | 1.68 ± 1.38 | 0.00–6.00 | 1.86 ± 1.33 | 0.00–5.00 | 0.78 | 0.379 | | Bull | 0.30 ± 0.46 | 0.00–2.00 | 0.25 ± 0.49 | 0.00–2.00 | 0.44 | 0.507 | | Heifer | 0.44 ± 0.57 | 0.00–2.00 | 0.49 ± 0.57 | 0.00–2.00 | 0.31 | 0.581 | | Calf | 1.65 ± 1.90 | 0.00–7.00 | 1.96 ± 2.12 | 0.00–5.00 | 0.96 | 0.328 | | Sheep | 2.56 ± 3.21 | 0.00–16.00 | 2.43 ± 3.37 | 0.00–11.00 | 0.70 | 0.792 | | Goat | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.16 ± 0.92 | 0.00–7.00 | 2.50 | 0.116 | | Donkey | 0.10 ± 0.3 | 0.00–1.00 | 0.08 ± 0.27 | 0.00–1.00 | 0.31 | 0.579 | | Mule | 0.01 ± 0.11 | 0.00–1.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 1.00 | 0.319 | | Chickens | 1.78 ± 3.20 | 0.00–17.00 | 1.63 ± 2.17 | 0.00–10.00 | 0.12 | 0.729 | | Land holding (hectare) | 0.64 ± 0.39 | 0.05–2.00 | 0.62 ± 0.50 | 0.05–3.13 | 0.12 | 0.725 |
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SD = standard deviation; N = number.
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