Research Article
Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia
Table 5
Major attributes used by farmers to select chicken (n (HL : LL) = 95; ML = 190; N = 380).
| | Major attributes | Agroecologies n (%) | Total N (%) | | HL | ML | LL |
| | Ability to escape from predators | | 90 (94.7) | 173 (91.1) | 89 (93.7) | 352 (92.6) | | Disease and stress tolerance | | 81 (85.2) | 181 (95.3) | 89 (93.7) | 351 (92.7) | | Management level required | | 45 (47.3) | 182 (95.8) | 40 (42.1) | 267 (70.2) | | Scavenging behavior | | 92 (96.8) | 187 (98.4) | 95 (100) | 374 (98.4) | | Hatchability of eggs | | 45( 47.37) | 96 (50.5) | 63 (66.3) | 204 (53.7) | | Taste | Egg | 89 (93.7) | 184 (96.8) | 85 (89.5) | 358 (94.2) | | Meat | 93 (97.9) | 182 (85.8) | 88 (92.6) | 363 (95.5) | | Yolk color of egg | | 93 (97.9) | 187 (98.4) | 93 (97.9) | 373 (98.2) | | Production capacity | Egg | 48 (50.5) | 96 (50.5) | 39 (41.1) | 183 (48.2) | | Meat | 56 (58.5) | 49 (25.8) | 41 (43.2) | 146 (38.4) |
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HL: highland; ML: midland; LL: lowland; N: number of respondents. The sign represents economic traits. |
