Utilization of enset (Ensete ventricosum) plants as livestock feed in Gurage zone
1998
Dereje Fidadu(Alemaya University of Agriculture, Dire Dewa (Ethiopia))
Participatory rural appraisal based survey was carried out in the villages in Gurage Zone southwest Shewa, that focused on enset varieties and use in the farming system. A total of 113 households were included in the survey. The survey mainly focused on the varieties, distribution, cultivation and utilization of enset in the area. A wealth ranking of the households based on the number of enset plants in the homestead, which was the measure used for wealth in the area, was carried out. There were 36 different varieties of enset found in the study area out of which 12 were commonly found in the five villages. In all villages, through enset was primarily grown for human consumption, it also was used as feed for animals during the dry season, manly the leaves but also the pseudostem. The size of the plot for enset and the number of enset plants owned by each household were very different between households. Very rich households had more than 800 enset plants, the greater part of which were older plants which are more valuable.
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