Research Article
Livestock Production Challenges and Improved Forage Production Efforts in the Damot Gale District of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Table 5
Improved forage producers and forage type produced (N = 160).
| | Description | % of respondents | X2 | value | | Intervention | Nonintervention | Overall |
| | Do you use improved forage? | | | 12.43 | 0.001 | | Yes | 99.00 | 82.50 | 90.75 | | | | No | 1.00 | 17.50 | 9.25 | | |
| | Forage type | | | | 102.42 | 0.001 | | Desho grass | 99.00 | 43.75 | 71.38 | | | | Elephant grass | 19.00 | 66.25 | 42.63 | | | | Guatemala grass | 38.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | | | | Oat-vetch fodder mix | 36.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | | | | Sesbania (S. sesban) | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | | | | Vetiver (C. zizanioides) | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | | |
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Chi square was tested at 5% significant level.
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