Research Article
Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Table 4
Seasonal availability and utilization of feed resources (N = 160).
| | Feed resources | % of respondents | | Dry season | Wet season | Both seasons | | Intervention | Nonintervention | Intervention | Nonintervention | Intervention | Nonintervention |
| | Collected fodder | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 16.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Concentrate | 10.00 | 12.50 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 22.50 | 22.50 | | Crop residue | 88.80 | 81.30 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 2.50 | 6.30 | | Cultivated forage | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 0.00 | | Desho grass | 2.50 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 7.50 | 95.00 | 35.00 | | Elephant grass | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 12.50 | 55.00 | | Enset | 16.00 | 26.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | | Food waste | 1.30 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | | Grazing | 1.30 | 1.30 | 7.50 | 17.50 | 51.30 | 53.80 | | Hay | 17.50 | 21.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 5.00 | | Local grass | 1.30 | 6.30 | 28.80 | 6.30 | 10.00 | 26.30 | | X2 | 6.44 | 21.597 | 57.522 | | -value | 0.598 | 0.003 | 0.001 |
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Chi square was tested at 5% significant level.
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