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ADOPTION ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES BY DAIRY CATTLE SMALLHOLDERS

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This study aimed at characterizing nutritional packages adoption by the small dairy farmers under crop-livestock production system. The study is based on quantitative and qualitative statistical analysis. A cross-sectional random survey covered a total of 200 farmers located in 4 governorates Sharqia, Monufia, El-Fayoum, and Minya (50 each). The socio-economic analysis indicated that the illiteracy level was higher (42%) in Minya governorate as compared to others. about half of the households (49%) have been working full time in their farms as farmer this means that they earn their living from agriculture. Family labor represented the highest percentage being 88%, 92%, 80%, and 86% for Sharqia, Monufia, El-Fayoum, and Minya respectively. The results further indicated that farmers who used silage, hay, and green forages, have the highest animal numbers, either from indigenous cows, crossbred cows, buffaloes, sheep, goat, and donkey compared to those who do not use the nutritional packages (non-adopters). The highest percentage of dairy, heifer, fattening, and growing for crossbred cows and buffaloes was detected under silage, hay, and untraditional green forages adopters comparable to those detected under non-adopters. Sharqia governorate had the highest number and consequently percentage of animals followed by El-Fayoum governorate. Silage adopters recorded the highest significant (P<0.05) value of daily milk yield (DMY) and total milk yield (TMY) for indigenous cow, crossbred cow and buffalo as compared to non-adopters. Calving interval significantly (P<0.05) increased for all dairy animals (indigenous cows, crossbred cows, and buffaloes) under non-adopters of nutritional packages being 387, 388.57, and 402 days for the aforementioned animals, respectively. Dairy animals reared under the Nile Delta had the highest significant DMY versus those under the Middle Egypt, where it was 4.05, 8.52, and 7.29 kg vs 3.76, 7.74, and 6.48 kg per day for indigenous cows, crossbred cows, and buffaloes, respectively. In conclusion, adopters of nutritional packages had the highest animal percent and recorded the highest productivity compared to non-adopters. 

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10.21608/ajs.2018.15960

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Feed package, technology, Small holders and Socio-economic

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Animal Production Research Institute, Agric. Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Elwardani

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Animal Production Dept., Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt

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Amal

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Omar

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Animal Production Research Institute, Agric. Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Soliman

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Animal Production Dept., Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt

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26

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2

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3389

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2018-09-01

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2017-08-09

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2018-09-01

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549

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560

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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ADOPTION ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES BY DAIRY CATTLE SMALLHOLDERS

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22 Jan 2023