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Table 5 Mean annual livestock feed supply, demand and balance per household in the mixed crop–livestock system, central highlands of Ethiopia

From: Evaluation of livestock feed balance under mixed crop–livestock production system in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Feed supply, livestock demand and feed balance

Wealth groups

Total (n = 159)

Poor (n = 50)

Medium (n = 58)

Better-off (n = 51)

DM demand (t/hh)

11.6 (0.4)a

18.7 (0.6)b

27.4 (0.8)c

19.3 (0.6)***

DM supply (t/hh)

 On-farm

5.6 (0.2)a

7.6 (0.2)b

10.0 (0.3)c

7.7 (0.2)***

 On-farm and purchased

6.3 (0.2)a

9.4 (0.4)b

12.6 (0.4)c

9.5 (0.3)***

Balance (t/hh)

 On-farm

− 6.0 (0.5)c

− 11.2 (0.7)b

− 17.4 (0.7)a

− 11.5 (0.5)***

 On-farm & purchased

− 5.3 (0.5)c

− 9.3 (0.7)b

− 14.8 (0.7)a

− 9.8 (0.5)***

ME demand (‘000 MJ/hh)

54.9 (1.8)a

86.4 (2.7)b

122.8 (2.9)c

88.1 (2.6)***

ME supply (‘000 MJ/hh)

 On-farm

42.5 (1.5)a

57.5 (1.9)b

75.9 (2.2)c

58.7 (1.5)***

 On-farm and purchased

47.5 (1.7)a

71.0 (2.7)b

94.4 (3.3)c

71.1 (2.1)***

Balance (‘000 MJ/hh)

 On-farm

− 12.3 (2.5)c

− 28.9 (3.4)b

− 46.9 (3.1)a

− 29.5 (2.1)***

 On-farm and purchased

− 7.3 (2.6)cb

− 15.4 (3.8)b

− 28.3 (3.5)a

− 17.0 (2.1)***

DCP demand (kg/hh)

392.2 (14.6)a

630.4 (23.5)b

907.1 (21.8)c

644.2 (20.2)***

DCP supply (kg/hh)

 On-farm

215.7 (6.8)a

303.9 (9.3)b

407.4 (11.8)c

309.4 (8.2)***

 On-farm and purchased

252.1 (8.3)a

403.1 (16.3)b

543.4 (21.9)c

400.6 (13.3)***

Balance (kg/hh)

 On-farm

− 176.4 (16)c

− 326.5 (24.7)b

− 499.7 (17.3)a

− 334.9 (15.5)***

 On-farm and purchased

− 140.0 (16.9)c

− 227.2 (26.4)b

− 363.7 (20.2)a

− 243.6 (14.6)***

  1. Values in parentheses indicate standard errors (SE)
  2. n number of respondents, DM dry matter, ME metabolizable energy, MJ mega joules, DCP digestible crude protein, kg kilogram, t ton, hh household
  3. a,b,cMeans in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05), NS not significant at the 0.05 probability level
  4. ***Significant at 0.001 probability level