Abstract
The study was conducted with the objective of assessing fodder tree and shrub species and their foliage yield potentials in private and communal grazing lands across different agroecological environments of South Ari district. A household survey involving 196 respondents was used to identify fodder tree and shrub species and their preferences by livestock species. To evaluate species composition and leaf dry matter yield, a total of thirty-six belt transects (40 m × 40 m for trees and 20 m × 20 m for shrubs) were established. A total of 18 fodder trees and 9 shrubs were identified in the study area, accounting for 79.0% trees and 21.0% shrubs. Among these, 42.1% were categorized as highly desirable, 36.8% as desirable, and 21.1% as less desirable. Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species. Livestock utilized twigs, leaves, fruits, and pods of these species as edible parts. The mean (± S.E.) leaf biomass yields of fodder trees and shrubs were 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree and 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub, respectively. Future work should focus on nutritional evaluation and controlled livestock feeding trials to determine the actual feed value and contribution of these species to livestock productivity.
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The area contained 18 fodder tree species.
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e0“A total of 18 fodder trees and 9 shrubs were identified in the study area, accounting for 79.0% trees and 21.0% shrubs.”
t0“Woody forage species”
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The area contained 9 shrub species.
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e0“A total of 18 fodder trees and 9 shrubs were identified in the study area, accounting for 79.0% trees and 21.0% shrubs.”
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Trees accounted for 79.0% of identified fodder species.
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e0“accounting for 79.0% trees and 21.0% shrubs”
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Shrubs accounted for 21.0% of identified fodder species.
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e0“accounting for 79.0% trees and 21.0% shrubs”
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42.1% of identified fodder species were highly desirable.
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e0“42.1% were categorized as highly desirable”
t0“Woody forage species”
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36.8% of identified fodder species were desirable.
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e0“36.8% as desirable”
t0“Woody forage species”
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21.1% of identified fodder species were less desirable.
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e0“21.1% as less desirable”
t0“Woody forage species”
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Vernonia amygdalina occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Taxon
- Vernonia amygdalina
Gymnanthemum amygdalinume0 - Outcome
- most frequently occurring and widely utilizede0
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e0“Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species.”
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Ficus ovata occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Taxon
- Ficus ovata
Ficus ovatae0 - Outcome
- most frequently occurring and widely utilizede0
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e0“Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species.”
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Dracaena steudneri occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Taxon
- Dracaena steudneri
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Dracaena steudnerie0 - Outcome
- most frequently occurring and widely utilizede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species.”
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Terminalia laxiflora occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Taxon
- Terminalia laxifloraTerminalia laxiflorae0
- Outcome
- most frequently occurring and widely utilizede0
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e0“Vernonia amygdalina, Ficus ovata, Dracaena steudneri, and Terminalia laxiflora were the most frequently occurring and widely utilized fodder tree species.”
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Livestock consumed twigs, leaves, fruits and pods of these fodder species.
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e0“Livestock utilized twigs, leaves, fruits, and pods of these species as edible parts.”
t0“Woody forage species”
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Mean leaf biomass yield of fodder trees was 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree.
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e0“The mean (± S.E.) leaf biomass yields of fodder trees and shrubs were 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree and 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub, respectively.”
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Mean leaf biomass yield of shrubs was 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub.
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e0“The mean (± S.E.) leaf biomass yields of fodder trees and shrubs were 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree and 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub, respectively.”
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Authors recommended nutritional evaluation and feeding trials for the fodder species.
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e0“Future work should focus on nutritional evaluation and controlled livestock feeding trials to determine the actual feed value and contribution of these species to livestock productivity.”
t0“Woody forage species”