Research Article
Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia
Table 4
Major village chicken production management practices of the study area (n (HL : LL) = 95; ML = 190; N = 380).
| | Management practices | Agroecologies n (%) | Total N (%) | | HL | ML | LL |
| | Feeding | | Scavenging | 35 (36.8) | 86 (45.3) | 45 (47.4) | 166 (43.7) | | Scavenging + supplement | 55 (57.9) | 98 (51.6) | 48 (50.5) | 201 (52.9) | | Confined, complete ration | 5 (5.2) | 6 (3.2) | 2 (2.1) | 13 (3.4) |
| | Housing | | Inside the family house | 54 (56.8) | 84 (44.2) | 39 (41.1) | 177 (46.5) | | Separate shelter but with other livestock | 32 (33.7) | 84 (44.2) | 40 (42.1) | 156 (41.1) | | Separate shelter | 9 (9.5) | 22 (11.6) | 16 (16.8) | 47 (12.4) |
| | Health | | Traditional | 84 (88.4) | 179 (94.2) | 88 (92.6) | 351 (92.4) | | Modern | 6 (6.3) | 6 (3.2) | 5 (5.2) | 17 (4.5) | | Mixed | 5 (5.2) | 5 (2.6) | 2 (2.1) | 12 (3.2) |
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HL: highland; ML: midland; LL: lowland; N: number of respondents.
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