The Looming Threat of Overgrazing: Effects and Recommendations
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Executive Summary Livestock in Ethiopia has an important economic, functional, and cultural significance. Various functions of livestock include dairy production, meat production, draught labor and transportation. Economically, livestock production accounts for nearly 80% of farmer income 1 in the country. In addition, livestock serves as a “savings account” or a way of building assets. Culturally, in many parts of Ethiopia ownership of livestock denotes social status and is important for marriage. However, much of Ethiopia’s livestock is low producing in terms of milk production and weight gain and do not reach their maximum potential. Due to disappearing grazing lands, livestock is forced to trek further and further to reach feed. Therefore, animals are using a significant portion of their gross energy (total energy content of feed) for basic maintenance (walking to grazing lands) instead of productivity (milk production and weight gain).
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