| Highland | Lowland | Total | |||||||||||
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| Feed
Resources |
Area('000 ha) |
Availability | Area ('000 ha) | Availability | Area ('000 ha) | Availability | |||||||
| Ton DM/ha | Total DM ('000 Tons) | Conversion FU/kg DM | Total FU ('000,000) | Ton DM/ha | Total DM ('000 Tons) | Conversion Factor | Total FU('000,000) | DM ('000 Tons) | FU ('000,000) | ||||
| Native Pasture (a) | 22300 | 1.5 | 33450.0 | 0.75 | 25087.5 | 43200 | 0.56 | 24192 | 0.36 | 8709.1 | 65500 | 57642 | 33796.6 |
| Crop Residues (b) | 5423 | 1.28 | 6930.7 | 0.45 | 3137.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5423 | 6930.7 | 3137.2 |
| Cereals | 4688 | 1.4 | 6563.2 | 0.45 | 2953.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4688 | 6563.2 | 2953.4 |
| Pulses | 735 | 0.5 | 367.5 | 0.50 | 183.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 735 | 367.5 | 183.8 |
| Stubble grazing | 4688 | 0.4 | 1875.2 | 0.50 | 937.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 4688 | 1875.2 | 937.6 |
| Industrial by Products (c) | - | - | 198.0 | 0.67 | 132.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 198.0 | 132.7 |
| Total | 37834 | - | 49384.6 | - | 32432.2 | 43200 | - | 24192 | - | 8709.1 | - | 73576.6 | 41141.3 |
Source:
MoA (1991) Ethiopian Forestry Action Programme (EFAP), pp.48 Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. (a) Area of the natural pasture was from GOE/IUCN (1990) (b) Area under annual cropping from annual reports, 1979-1989, CSA (1989) (c) Agricultural industrial by-products (Oil cake, Cotton seed, Bran Molasses) from three years (1987/88-1989/90) average (CSA, 1990). Average yield (t DM/ha) and conversion factors to FU (Feed unit) were from MoA (1984). |
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