Research review on improvement and utilization of barley straw.
1993
Girma Getachew | Abate Tedla | Seyoum Bediye | Amaha Sebsibe | Aschalew Tsegahun | Kahsay Berhe
There is a substantial under utilization of barley straw as animal feed in Ethiopia. The major constraints on the use of barley straw as animal feed are low nutrient content, low voluntary intake, poor digestibility, straw use for other purposes and inavailability of storage facility. The low nutritive value could be upgraded to support increased animal production. There are a number of factors that affect the quality of barley straw. Some of these are variety of the crop, environmental condition under which barley is grown, management of the crop, stage of harvest and post harvest handling of the straw. Very limited work has been done on barley straw production quality assessment, improvement and utilization as animal feed in Ethiopia. This paper presents review of previous research work on barley straw quality improvement and utilization in the country. Most of the results presented in this paper are the outcome of different experiments that require further work to make a coherent and valid conclusion.
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