Assessment of production and reproduction system
of indigenous goat types in Bale Zone, Oromia,
Ethiopia
Accepted 28th August, 2015
Belete Asefa1*, Kefelegn Kebede2 and Kefena Effa3
1Department of Animal and Range
Sciences, School of Agriculture, Madawlabu University, P.O.Box 247, Bale Robe,
Ethiopia. 2Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture,
Haramaya University, P.O.Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. 3Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Holetta Agricultural
Research Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, PO. Box 31, Ethiopia.
This study was aimed to
generate organized information on production and reproduction system of
indigenous goat types in three districts of Bale zone (Mada walabu, Sawena and
Rayitu). The study was performed based on household survey. Purposive and
multistage sampling was used for selection of districts and kebeles. For
household survey, 360 households (120 from each district) were selected by using
simple random sampling techniques. Pastoral and agro pastoral was the main
production system in the study area with large proportion of Goats per household
(13.8±0.58 for Mada walabu, 13.9±0.62 for Sawena and 12.8±0.42 for Rayitu
district).
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Cite this article as:
Asefa B, Kebede K, Effa K
(2015). Assessment of production and
reproduction system of indigenous goat types in
Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. Acad. J. Agric.
Res. 3(12): 348-360.
