Conservation-based breeding program design for genetic improvement in Gumz sheep in the western lowlands of Ethiopia

Table 4 Returns, costs and profits per ewe per year (Birr) obtained from selection in Gumz sheep using four alternative breeding schemes

	Village-based schemes		Central nucleus-based scheme
	Scheme-1	Scheme-2	Scheme-3	Scheme-4
Return/ewe/year	41.65	46.03	58.52	64.97
Cost/ewe/year	23.10	23.14	7.94	15.89
Fixed costs per ewe	11.27	11.27	7.38	14.77
Variable costs	11.83	11.87	0.56	1.12
Profit/ewe/year	18.51	22.88	50.57	49.08

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