@article{961913a851a846af89f02ef386b1d9cf,
title = "Price-quality relationships for the main livestock feed types in the Ethiopian feed market",
abstract = "This study assessed the price-quality relationships for the major feed products in Ethiopia with a view to informing policy makers on possible avenues to develop the livestock feed sector in the country. A survey of livestock feed markets was conducted from April to May 2019 in five regions (Amhara, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Oromia, Tigray and Addis Ababa). A total of 1700 feed samples with their respective price information were collected from 202 respondents. The collected samples were analysed for their crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) and metabolisable energy (ME) content. Results showed considerable variability in quality within the same feed type. Pearson correlation and regression analyses showed that price-quality relationships for the feed samples were either very weak or non-existent. Wheat bran showed a weak price to quality correlation for CP (r= 0.200 at P",
keywords = "feed, livestock, nutritive analysis, price left, specialty section: animal nutrition Ethiopia",
author = "Adey Melesse and Melkamu Bezabih and Aberra Adie and Asmare, {Yonas T.} and Prasad, {Kodukula V.} and Ravi Devulapalli and Jones, {Chris S.} and Michael Blummel and Jean Hanson and Tesfaye Alemu and Alan Duncan",
note = "Funding Information: This work was financed by the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Laboratory for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) and the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity which is supported by contributors to the CGIAR Trust Fund.; support from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)/Agricultural Growth Project II (AGPII) is also gratefully acknowledged. Latter stages of this work were funded by by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Food Security under Agreement # AID-OAA-L-15-00003 as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems. Funding was also provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Equip - Strengthening Smallholder Livestock Systems for the Future (grant number OPP11755487) project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the authors alone. Acknowledgments Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2023 Melesse, Bezabih, Adie, Asmare, Prasad, Devulapalli, Jones, Blummel, Hanson, Alemu and Duncan.",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "19",
doi = "10.3389/fanim.2023.1194974",
language = "English",
volume = "4",
pages = "1--12",
journal = "Frontiers in Animal Science",
issn = "2673-6225",
publisher = "Frontiers Media SA",
}