TRANSHUMANT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKET ORIENTED LIVESTOCK FARMING IN SIDAMA HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA
Mixed herd grazing under extensive production system in Arbegona District of Sidama zone (photo credit:ILRI\Yoseph). Livestock production remains a major component of the Ethiopian agriculture sector. Mixed crop-livestock farming is the major livestock production system in rural areas of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project intervention districts (Arbegona, Bona Zuria and Bensa) in the Si…. Read more