Village chicken constraints and traditional management practices in Jamma District, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mengesha, Mammo ^a   Tamir, Berhan ^b   Dessie, Tadelle ^c,d  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Production constraints; Traditional management practices; Village chicken

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79951563863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Alganesh Tola, Matewos Belisa and Gizaw Kebede 2003 Survey on traditional livestock production system. pp. 141-150. Proceeding 11th Annual Conference of Ethiopian Society of Animal production, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 28-30, 2003.
2. Amsalu Asefa, Alemu Yami and Solomon Moges 2001 Supplementary value of brewer's dried yeast and rapeseed meal in broiler starter rations. pp. 181-211. Proceeding of the 9th Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 30-31, 2001.
3. Bassei W 1993 Lesson from field experience on the development of poultry production strategies for sustainable Animal Agriculture in developing counties. Proceeding of the FAO experts consultation held in10-14 December, 1993. FAO United Nations. Rome, 1993. 271p.
4. Dereje Duressa 2001 The effect of some common methods of storage and duration on egg quality and hatchability in East Wolegga, Ethiopia. M. Sc. Thesis Submitted to School of Graduate Studies Alemaya University. 83p.
5. Dhi Alchalabi 2001 Monitoring poultry house environments. Poultry International, Production, Processing and Marketing Worldwide. 40(10):29-35.
6. Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) 2000 Summary of Livestock Research strategies. Animal Science Directorate, EARO. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 73p.
7. Governmental Administration Members (GAM), unpublished 2005 In Amhara Regional State South Wollo, Ethiopia.
8. Kitalyi Aichij 1998 Village chicken production systems in rural Africa. House holds food and gender issues. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Rome Italy. 81p
9. Kyvsgaard Niels Chri, Luz Adilial Una and Peter Nansen 2002 Analysis of traditional grain and scavenge based poultry systems. Poultry as a tool of in poverty eradication and promotion of gender equality: proceeding workshop Nicaragua.
10. Leulseged Yosef 1998 A study on the production system of the indigenous and improved poultry in rural areas of Northern Wollo. M. Sc. Thesis Presented to School of Graduate Studies of Alemaya University. 103p.
11. Livestock resource potential assessment (LRPA), unpublished document 2002 South Wollo Administrative Zone in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.
12. Maphosa T, Kusina J, Kusina N T, Makuza S and Sibanda S 2004 A monitoring study comparing production of village chickens between Communal (Nharira) and small-scale commercial (Lancashire) farming areas in Zimbabwe. University of Zimbabwe. Live stock Research for Rural Developments16/7/2004. (mkhonto@avu.org).
13. Negussie Dana, Alemu Yami, Tadelle Dessie and Samual W/Hana 2003 On farm and on station evaluation of the "hay box chicken brooder" using different insulation materials at the Debrzeit Agricultural Research Center and Denbi Village Adaa Woreda. PP. 211-216. Proceeding Annual Conference of 10th Ethiopian Society of Animal Production, August 21-23/2003.
14. Prabakaran R 2003 Good practices in planning and management of integrated commercial poultry production in South Asia. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations: Rome Italy. 97p.
15. Sonaiya E B and Swan E S J 2004 Small scale poultry production technical guide. Animal Production and Health, FAO of United Nations. Rome Italy, 2004. 114p.
16. Statistical Analysis System (SAS) (1999) SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA.
17. Statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS 1996), version 13
18. Statistical package for social science (SPSS) 1996 11.5 versions. SPSS user's guide.
19. Tadelle Dessie 1996 Studies of village poultry production system in the central high land of Ethiopia. M.Sc. Thesis Swedish University of Agricultural Science Department of Animal Nutrition Management. 72P.
20. Tadelle D and Ogle B 2001 Village poultry production systems in the central high lands of Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 33(6):121-537.
21. Tadelle D, Million T, Alemu Y and Peters K J 2003 Village chicken production systems in Ethiopia:1. Flock characteristics and performance Humboldt University of Berlin, Animal Breeding for Tropics and Sub-tropics. Debrezeit Agricultural Research Center. Debrezeit, Ethiopia. 15(1), 2003.
22. Rushton J 1996b Emergency assistance to Newcastle Disease control in Zimbabwe, consultant report, projects TCP/ZIMB/4553. Rome, FAO.
23. Udo H M J, Asgedom A H and Viets T C 2001 Modeling the impact of intervention in village poultry productions. Livestock Community and Environment. Proceeding of the 10th Conference of the Association of Institution for Tropical Veterinary Medicine Copenhagen, Denmark. Mekele University College, Ethiopia.
24. Yongolo M G S 1996 Epidemiological of Newcastle disease in village chickens in Tanzania. MVM Thesis, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania. 125p.