Assessment of sustainable development status of micro and small enterprises in Debre Berhan town, central Ethiopia

Alemayehu, Arragaw; Bekele, Demisash

doi:10.1002/jid.3755

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“…Tere are several types of livestock feed and fodder resources in Ethiopia, the common of which are subject to seasonal availability, particularly in dry areas. Ethiopian livestock feed resources were classifed as pasture land, crop residues after grazing, improved pasture, pasture trees and browse, and agroindustrial by-products [46]. In pastoral and agropastoral livestock production systems, rangeland grazing and browsing (foliage and pods of trees and shrubs) are the primary sources of feed while cropping residues, stubble grazing, and conserved forages are used on occasion.…”

Section: Challenges and Constraints Of Livestock Feed Resourcementioning

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Contribution of Climate-Smart Forage and Fodder Production for Sustainable Livestock Production and Environment: Lessons and Challenges from Ethiopia

Tulu

Gadissa

Hundessa

et al. 2023

Advances in Agriculture

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Sustainable farm animal raising is dependent on the production of sufficient quantities and quality of forages and fodder, especially in dry regions. Improved forage and feed species are an option for these aspects because adequate feed resources enhance soil health and carbon, generate income, and reduce emissions. Therefore, the purpose of this review paper was to investigate the role of climate-smart forage production in sustaining farm animal production and maintaining the environment in arid and semiarid regions. Seasonal fluctuations in feed supply cause temporal scarcity in Ethiopia, with more acute gaps in dry periods, particularly in drought-prone regions. To address these problems in the country, improve forages to strengthen farm productivity, climate change resilience, and environmental sustainability, particularly in arid and semiarid areas. The country has a long history and is of some exemplary practices in indigenous improved forage production, but the input of improved forage to the total biomass production in feed resources is still low due to many factors like scarcity of land and water for irrigation, lack of awareness, forage seed, and policy recommendations. Despite the potential profits of feed and forage grasses and legumes, the availability of species adapted to a wide range of situations in actual use in the livestock sector has been insufficient. Therefore, it is strongly suggested that climate-resilient forage species be popularized to sustain livestock production and the environment, particularly in the country’s arid and semiarid regions.

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Section: Challenges and Constraints Of Livestock Feed Resourcementioning

confidence: 99%

Contribution of Climate-Smart Forage and Fodder Production for Sustainable Livestock Production and Environment: Lessons and Challenges from Ethiopia

Tulu

Gadissa

Hundessa

et al. 2023

Advances in Agriculture

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“…Furthermore, it has been shown that rodent reproduction is affected by rainfall patterns (Odhiambo et al, 2005). According to Alemayehu and Bekele (2013) breeding in rodents reaches peaks towards the end of the rainy season when resources are plenty.…”

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Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

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The name “miombo” is a vernacular term for the forests in central, southern, and eastern Africa that are dominated by the closely related legume family genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia and/or Isoberlinia. Prescribed burning is a common management practice in most miombo woodland in protected areas that highly influences vegetation structure and composition which in turn influences small mammals' distribution and abundance. This practice if not checked might significantly affect the ecosystems. We investigated the effects of prescribed burning on rodent's ecology in the miombo woodland ecosystem in the Selous game reserve, Tanzania, between July 2018 and June 2020. A total of 473 individuals comprising six rodent species; Acomys ngurui (31.50%), Aethomys chrysophilus (28.96%), Mastomys natalensis (18.82%), Lemniscomys rosalia (14.16%), Mus minutoides (2.33%), Paraxerus flavovittis (0.85%) and two insectivorous shrew species; Petrodromus tetradactylus (3.17%) and Crocidura hitra (0.21%) were captured during 14,112 trap nights. There were no statistically significant differences in the abundance of A. ngurui between burnt and unburnt areas but its abundance was statistically significantly different between seasons. M. natalensis abundance was not statistically significantly different between burnt and unburnt areas or across seasons. The burnt sites had the highest species diversity than the unburnt in both wet and dry seasons. A. ngurui and M. natalensis survival and recruitment between burnt and unburnt sites were not statistically significantly different. The study shows that prescribed burning has an effect on specific species and demographic characteristics both positive and negative.

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Assessment of sustainability in the Wulo Abiye watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

Derib,

Alemayehu

2024

Environmental Challenges

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Assessment of sustainable development status of micro and small enterprises in Debre Berhan town, central Ethiopia

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Contribution of Climate-Smart Forage and Fodder Production for Sustainable Livestock Production and Environment: Lessons and Challenges from Ethiopia

Contribution of Climate-Smart Forage and Fodder Production for Sustainable Livestock Production and Environment: Lessons and Challenges from Ethiopia

Effects of prescribed burning on rodents in an East African woodland ecosystem

Assessment of sustainability in the Wulo Abiye watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

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