Grain storage methods and their effects on sorghum grain. May 17, 2011 forage seed supply continues to be an important constraint to improving feed resources for livestock in ethiopia. Enhancing the productivity of livestock production in. Information from collected literature for ethiopia to be used for crop modelling for ethiopia a. Evaluation of forage legumes under sown with maize on dry. As a national research institute, eiar aspires to see improved livelihood of all ethiopians engaged in agriculture, agropastoralism, and pastoralism through marketcompetitive agricultural technologies. American journal of research communication, 2014, 210. Drylands thus predominate across the lowlands and highlands in the opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in ethiopia. Growing fodder isnt a widespread practice in southern ethiopia. Issues during the workshop on forage seed systems in ethiopia, presentations showed that. The main forage species widely produced in the study area were elephant grass, vetch, oat, rhodes grass, sesbania, dasho grass and leucaena with their decreasing order of availability. Eshetu yimer usaidakldp and teklu kidane ilri, 15 december 2015 photo credit. Hybrid production has demonstrated some advantages, though not necessarily enough to justify its higher cost. Research article production constraints, farmers preferences.
Review on challenges and opportunities sheep production. Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and. Livestock feed resources utilization and management as. Ethiopia has doubled its maize productivity and production in less than two decades. Commercializing dairy and forage systems in ethiopia. Forage production potential of maizecowpea intercropping in maichew, ethiopia on free shipping on qualified orders. Issn 14016249, isbn 9157664692 the majority of peasants in hararghe, eastern ethiopia, store sorghum grain in underground pits. These forage production activities transcend the immediate feed crisis by transferring the skills of growing and managing cultivated forages to communities.
Enhancing dairy sector growth in ethiopia edget is a fiveyear dairy development project implemented in 51. Luke 2010 in kenya, bangladeshi, nepal and india, and ben et al. Evaluation of the performance of herbaceous forage legumes. It presents a wealth of knowledge regarding growing fruit crops. Forage production boosts the resilience of pastoralist. Forage seeds companies in ethiopia including addis ababa, and more. Improved forage crops production strategies in ethiopia. Mannetje encyclopedia of life support systems eolss particles and compaction in the silo improve the fermentation. Forage seed production and preservation techniques by roger. The book fruit production in ethiopia is the first one to appear dedicated to this subject in ethiopia. Ethiopia addis getu department of animal production and extension, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of gondar, ethiopia abstract. This is a pdf sample of the forage field guide custom cover. Pdf overview of improved forage and forage seed production in.
Forage seed supply in ethiopiasome thoughts on current status and how it might evolve. Forage production in most areas of ethiopia in the past has been based on uncontrolled. Grain storage methods and their effects on sorghum grain quality in hararghe, ethiopia. Many evidences have indicated that due to land shortage, cropping systems in africa is in transition from farm abundant to land constrained system reardon et al 1996. In ethiopia, livestock obtain feed from natural pastures, crop residues. Initial experiments indicate that the greatest potential for tps in ethiopia might be during the off season i. Bridging the dairy feed gap download pdf snv netherlands. In ethiopia, livestock fattening, dairy, poultry, and forage production can be profitable enterprises and a means to increase smallholder farmers incomes. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey.
Pdf there are various strategies to integrate forage crops into croplivestock farming system in ethiopia. The objectives of this programme were to increase the quantity and quality of forage produced and to reduce the incidence and impact of soil degradation. Forage field guide, third edition purdue agriculture. An innovation systems perspective tesfaye lemma tefera, ranjitha puskur, dirk hoekstra and azage tegegne ipms improving productivity and market success of ethiopian farmers project, ilri international livestock research institute, addis ababa, ethiopia. An innovation systems perspective tesfaye lemma tefera, ranjitha puskur, dirk hoekstra and azage tegegne ipms improving productivity and market success of ethiopian farmers project, ilri international livestock. Pdf improved forage crops production strategies in. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey production in wonchi district south west shewa zone of oromia, ethiopia. The role of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries in human nutrition vol. The ethiopian institute of agricultural research thanks with gratitude all those involved in the conference. Productivity and efficiency of agricultural extension package. Dairy production is a critical issue in ethiopia, a livestockbased society where livestock and its products are more. May 17, 2011 forage seed supply in ethiopiasome thoughts on current status and how it might evolve. To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. Snv ethiopia, through edget project enhancing dairy sector growth in ethiopia, 20.
Implementation challenges of innovation systems perspective in fodder production in ethiopia kebebe ergano, alan duncan, aberra adie, abate tedla, gebremedhin woldewahid, zewdu ayele, gebreyohannes berhanu and nigatu alemayehu international livestock research institute addis ababa, ethiopia p. Factors that transformed maize productivity in ethiopia. Overall, the book is organized in 19 chapters illustrated with figures and tables, glossary of technical terms and an index. Information from collected literature for ethiopia to be used. Improving dairy production through increased forage production is limited in ethiopia due to, among other factors, poor extension and training.
There is a true green revolution in the making in this country. I forage crop production masahiko hirata encyclopedia of life support systems eolss much later, around the beginning of the christian era, when several species were cultivated in several areas of the world, mainly in the mediterranean region of europe. Sustainable livestock and crop production in ethiopia is dependent on drastic. Pdf ab stract this paper summarizes the forage production program of the fourth livestock. This is essential in order to create householdlevel feed security, dr. Regional patterns and trends ethiopia strategy support program essp ii research note 11 ethiopias crop agriculture is. Sultan begna, wahby ahmed, prasanna gouda, mark marsalis, andy cole, robert hagevoort and sangu angadi. Ethiopias crop agriculture is complex, involving substantial variation in crops grown across the countrys different regions and ecologies. In february 2018, the ministry of livestock and fisheries molf has been merged back within the. On the production side, the mixed farming systems practiced by most smallholders are. Silage for animal feed encyclopedia of life support systems. Regional patterns and trends alemayehu seyoum taffesse, paul dorosh and sinafikeh asrat development strategy and governance division, international food policy research institute, ethiopia strategy support program ii, ethiopia ifpriaddis ababa p.
Access to forage in the mid and highlands of wolayta and. Survey on constraints of improved forage adoption in. Forage seed production and distribution forage seed production and multiplication through farmers research group in adami tulu and arsinegelle districts abule ebro1, tadesse assefa,2 kebede teshome1 and belete shenkute1 1 adami tulu agricultural research center, oromia agricultural research institute, p. Forage crop production encyclopedia of life support systems. Livestock feed shortage 88% and water shortage 12% was the major problem in the study. Opportunities and challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in ethiopia, and. Ethiopia is a leading honey producer in africa and one of the ten largest honey producing. Figure 2 domestic maize supply and production per capita, from 20002010 26 figure 3 maize cultivation areas, production area and yield in ethiopia, 199596 to 200809 27 figure 4 percent of maize cultivation area using modern inputs and maize productivity trend 199596 to 200809 28 figure 5 maize market channels in ethiopia 31. Only few balers for straw bailing are available in barleywheat production zones.
In ethiopia, forage productions seed mainly supplied to farmers by government. Forage scaling out food and agriculture organization of the united. Therefore, forage seeds systems have to be stimulated. These pits usually elevate grain moisture and storage temperature to levels that favour.
Pdf improved forage crops production strategies in ethiopia. Natural pasture is a forage but is not grown as a crop, so is termed forage, not a forage crop. Livestock extension in ethiopia mainly focused on few aspects like ai artificial inseminations for. We believe that the information contained in this publication is a good reflection of ongoing efforts to inspire all actors in the seed system in ensuring the supply of. The major constraints for improved forage adoption in the study area was a shortage of land 28. The silage can be stored in pits in the ground, clamps above the ground, or bales covered with plastic. Thus, this manual is intended to provide training to extension workers and through them to smallholder dairy farmers a basic skill related to forage production and management. Forage seed supply in ethiopiasome thoughts on current.
Rapid assessment on status of forage seed production and. Crop calendar, tsum, sowing date and growth duration fao crop calendars for maize sorghum millet wheat administrative areas agroecology crop additional information planting onset planting end sowing rate growth duration harve sting. Challenges, opportunities and prospects of dairy farming in. Forage crops are plants which, when grown as a crop, have been found to produce high yields of plant material, which are also high in nutrients suitable for livestock requirements for maintenance and production. Summary of essp ii working paper 16, crop production in ethiopia. The feeds brief presents recommendations on how to overcome forage and processed feed shortages in highland areas and feed shortages in lowland pastoral and agropastoral areas, including the adoption of more productive forage production technologies, the making of suitable land available to private investors for forage seed and feed production.
Radiation interception, forage yield and quality of sorghum. Snv ethiopia, through edget project enhancing dairy sector growth in. Forage seed supply continues to be an important constraint to improving feed resources for livestock in ethiopia. Evaluation of the performance of herbaceous forage legumes under sown with maize under irrigation condition of megech north gondar, ethiopia alemu tarekegn and tikunesh zelalem gondar agricultural research center p. Livestock feed resources utilization and management as influenced by altitude in the central highlands of ethiopia ahmed hassen, abule ebro, mohammed kurtu and a c treydte debre brahan university, p. Production constraints, farmers preferences and participatory on farm evaluation of improved forage technologies in selected districts of southern ethiopia tewodros mulualem 1 and meseret molla 2 1jimma agricultural research center, po. Quick scan of ethiopias forage subsector wur edepot. Many reasons can explain the very limited development of forage production up to date, among which duncan a. In ethiopian agriculture, livestock farming systems play a vital role for the.
Maize became increasingly important in the food security of ethiopia following the major drought and famine that occurred in 1984. Radiation interception, forage yield and quality of sorghum legume intercropping systems in the southern high plains. Full length research improved forage crops production strategies in ethiopia. Four major cultivated cropbased forage production regions in ethiopia are. Foreword this technical bulletin titled forage seed production and preservation techniques is produced by the ethiopia sheep and goat productivity improvement program esgpip. In 2009, there were 180 cooperatives involved in milk production and marketing in the entire nation, accounting for only 2 percent of the total number of agrobased cooperatives operating in various parts of the country. The method of integration used for a specific farming system mainly depends on the type of forage. On the sample, the live area is the white box on the front. Sep 02, 2015 the feeds brief presents recommendations on how to overcome forage and processed feed shortages in highland areas and feed shortages in lowland pastoral and agropastoral areas, including the adoption of more productive forage production technologies, the making of suitable land available to private investors for forage seed and feed production.
Last week the ethiopian institute for agricultural research organized a national forage seed workshop may 1214, 2011. Dairy production system is a biological efficient system that converts large quantities of roughage, the most abundant feed in the tropics, milk the most nutritious food to man. There are various strategies to integrate forage crops into croplivestock farming system in ethiopia. Forage seed distributions are ongoing throughout the country. Introduction ethiopia is known for its large and diverse livestock resource endowments. Fertilizer consumption and agricultural productivity in ethiopia. Improved forage production practice and challenges in. Forage production in most areas of ethiopia in the past has been based on.
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