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| Title: | WATER INTERACTION AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY OF DAIRY CATTLE IN WUCHALE WEREDA, NILE RIVER BASIN, ETHIOPIA |
| Authors: | TIBEBU, SALEHU |
| Advisors: | Prof. Zerihun Woldu
Dr. Don Peden
Dr. Girma Taddesse
Dr. Tilahun Amede |
| Keywords: | dairy cattle
cattle-water interaction
voluntary water intake
water productivity
water use efficiency |
| Copyright: | 2007 |
| Date Added: | 16-Nov-2007 |
| Publisher: | Addis Ababa University |
| Abstract: | Livestock interact with the environment directly or indirectly in the
process of their production. The interaction with the water resources is
also direct or indirect and can be positive or negative depending on the
system of production. In the study area of this work, the mixed croplivestock
production is the main type of livestock production by
smallhoder subsistence farmers where cattle are reared for dairying.
The study was done as a case study of two selected PA’s of the
wereda. One part of this research was to describe the dairy cattle
water interaction. The study has showed that water required for the
production of cattle feed was reduced by 2.6*105 m3 per annum
because of crop residual feeds. This implies a good water-dairy cattle
interaction in the study PA’s of Wuchale wereda. Field measurements,
questionnaire surveying and sample water laboratory tests with
appropriate statistical analysis were done to complete the description
of dairy cattle water interaction. The dairy cattle water productivity
evaluation of the two selected PA’s of study area was the second part
of this study. The productivity of the two PA’s was 0.41 USD/m3 and
0.14 USD/m3 for the peri urban and rural sample locations
respectively. Future improvement aspects of the dairy cattle water
productivity were suggested by this work, which all ends up in the
sustainable management of the dairy cattle- water interaction in the
area. |
| Description: | A thesis
submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of
Science in Environmental Science |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/265 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Environmental Sciences
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