Assessment of the livestock production system, available feed resources and marketing situation in belesa woreda: a case study in drought prone areas of Amhara region
2003
Tessema Zewdu(Adet Agricultural Research Center, Bahir Dar (Ethiopia)) | Aklilu Agidie(Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar (Ethiopia)) | Ameha Sebsibe(Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar (Ethiopia))
Belesa is one of the drought-affected woreda in the Amhara region so the contribution of the livestock sub-sector to food security and food self-sufficiency to the local community as well as for the national GDP is highly significant. Understanding of the natural and socio-economic situations of the farming system of the area is the first and crucial step to develop environmentally sound and socially acceptable livestock technologies. Therefore, Adet Agricultural Research Center conducted diagnostic survey in the farming system of Belesa worda in November 2001 to assess the traditional livestock production system, to identify and prioritize livestock production constraints and to suggest possible research, development and policy intervention in livestock production. A crop/livestock mixed farming system is the predominant agriculture and livestock in the area are life insurance and bank assets during drought periods. Various species of livestock are present and reared by the local community but the distribution and size of the herd per household varies due to many factors. The development of livestock sub-sector is affected by shortage of animal fodder and nutrition, inadequate health services and facilities, absence of good management of livestock resources and poor livestock marketing infrastructure as well as the absence of high producting animal breeds.
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