Open AccessThe Economic Impact of Stall Feeding on Cow Milk Production and Calf Death: Empirical Evidence from Northern Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Muuz Hadush,
Berhe Gebregewergs Hagos
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of agriculture and rural development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.201
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2304-1455
pISSN - 2224-4433
DOI - 10.18488/journal.1005/2018.8.1/1005.1.64.73
Subject(s) - livestock , milk production , cow milk , stall (fluid mechanics) , zoology , agricultural science , biology , food science , engineering , ecology , aerospace engineering
Ethiopia, the emerging economies of Africa has abundant cow milk potential but its milk harvest is negligible. In order to enhance milk yield, an improved livestock feeding practice such as stall feeding (SF) is introduced and expanded in the region. In this paper, we aim to evaluate the impact of stall feeding on rural farmers’ milk production and calf death using IV 2SLS model. The paper used a primary data collected from 251 randomly selected smallholder households consisting 115 adopters and 136 non-adopters. Accordingly, the average SF adopter’s milk production per day per cow is 1.3 litters larger as compared to the non-users. Likewise, Stall feeding significantly reduces the probability of death for the newly born calves by about 68%.