Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

Table 3

Feed shortage problems, season of occurrence, and coping strategy (N = 160).

Description	% of respondents			X^2	value
	Intervention	Nonintervention	Overall
Feed shortage				21.19	0.001
Yes	60.00	91.20	75.60
No	40.00	8.80	24.40
Seasons of feed shortage				22.474	0.001
Dec–Feb (3 months)	0.00	2.74	1.37
Mar–May (3 months)	37.50	37.06	37.23
Jun–Aug (3 months)	0.00	0.00	0.00
Feb–May (4 months)	62.50	60.31	61.40
Coping mechanisms				27.844	0.001
Purchase grass	23.33	39.47	31.40
Purchase crop residue	16.67	5.26	10.96
Purchase concentrate	43.33	23.68	33.51
Feed enset leaf	16.67	26.32	21.49
Reduce stock	0.00	5.26	2.63