Research Article
Creating Job Opportunity by Providing Day Old Chicken and Vertical Vegetable for Disabled Family as a Model for Community in Bacho Bore Kebele, Jimma Town, Ethiopia
Gamachu Wakgari*,
Dagafu Jabessa,
Zalalem Tessoo,
Sisay Yohannes Gagabo
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, June 2024
Pages:
1-11
Received:
22 December 2023
Accepted:
16 January 2024
Published:
1 February 2024
Abstract: Developmental Team Training Program (DTTP) is a component of Community Based Education (CBE) which is educational philosophy of Jimma University implemented by post graduate programs (PG) by creating a team having different disciplines, and then the team exposed for two months in a community. In accordance we have done DTTP project in Bacho Bore kebele of Jimma town on prioritized problem which was accessibility creating job opportunity for disable youth; with the general objective to create job opportunity for Disabled group in the Community by providing a day old Chicken and vertical vegetation in Bacho bore Kebele, Jimma Town. Information was been collected on constraints in poultry production in the study area revealed that lack of their own job opportunity because this family is disabled and lack of knowledge on modern day old chicken rearing on small land. Therefore, building the capacity of youth, disabled group and communities through training and structuring scientific base was the main goal of this project. Two hundred (200) day old Chickens and vertical vegetable were provided to the disabled family as his own job opportunity and for the sources of livelihood. Therefore, we suggested that Jimma University should go and intervene in the communities who are disabled and poor persons around this to improve their livelihood through DTTP of post- graduate as well as Community Based Training Program (CBTP) of under graduate.
Abstract: Developmental Team Training Program (DTTP) is a component of Community Based Education (CBE) which is educational philosophy of Jimma University implemented by post graduate programs (PG) by creating a team having different disciplines, and then the team exposed for two months in a community. In accordance we have done DTTP project in Bacho Bore ke...
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Research Article
Characterization of Camel Production and Marketing System in Southern Zone of Tigray Region
Chala Edea*,
Etalem Tesfaye,
Abera Geleta,
Angesom Taye,
Atsbaha Hailemariam,
Haftom Miglas
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, June 2024
Pages:
12-18
Received:
12 December 2023
Accepted:
10 January 2024
Published:
5 February 2024
Abstract: This study's goal was to fill in an information gap on the camel subsector in regarding to the Raya Azebo and Raya Alemata districts in the southern zone of Tigray region. In the districts the lowland agro-ecology was the focus of the survey. From both districts, four Kebeles were selected at random. The data was collected using a cross-sectional field survey that complied with established sampling techniques. Using a systematic random sampling technique, respondents who owned camels in proportion to population size were selected from a list of households (hhs) in each Kebele. Considering lists of hhs that were available with the development agencies, hhs from each Kebele were selected using systematic random selection. Finally, 250 hhs in total were used in the study areas. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.0 and Tukey pair wise comparison was used to compare means that had significant differences at P<0.05. Descriptive statistics was employed for qualitative data using the statistical package for social sciences version 17.0 (SPSS, 1999). The mean age of the hh head was 39.55±1.67 and 40.60±2.08 in Raya Azebo and Raya Alemata, respectively and the overall age of the hh head was 40.075±0.94 in the studied areas. In the present study, the majority of the respondents were male (86.4%) and the rest were female. Most of interviewed participants were illiterate and only attended elementary school. In the study area, camel rearing was used for a multitude of purposes including transportation from one place to another and selling of the animals for money to buy various items for the hh. The majority of respondents (75.6%) indicated that camel production in the area was extensive, and they were handled on browsing and crop lands. The majority of the respondents (68%) used uncontrolled mating mechanism. Uncontrolled mating was mostly caused by mixed herding and the practice of sharing serving camels. The majority of respondents (67.2%) stated that camel rearing was becoming more and more popular occasionally due to escalating consumer demand. Ectoparasite infestation and internal parasites including GIT parasitism were the most prevalent health issues in the study area. The main effects of camel diseases in the region were frequently reduced physical condition, decreased meat/milk yield and stunted growth. Therefore, further research and investigations should be conducted to identify and alleviate existing constraints related with camel production and management practices in the studied areas.
Abstract: This study's goal was to fill in an information gap on the camel subsector in regarding to the Raya Azebo and Raya Alemata districts in the southern zone of Tigray region. In the districts the lowland agro-ecology was the focus of the survey. From both districts, four Kebeles were selected at random. The data was collected using a cross-sectional f...
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