An AHP Assessment Of Barriers in Adopting Sustainable Forest Management Practices in The Context Of Carbon Emission Reductions in Cameroon     

Eugene L. Chia  Didier Hubert  Kevin Enongene  Yitagesu T. Tegegne 《Journal of Sustainable Forestry》2020,39(4):379-391

ABSTRACT

As the role of forests in climate change mitigation is explicitly recognized in the Paris Agreement, the need to enhance the adoption of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices is crucial. Therefore, this paper aims at identifying and evaluating barriers in adopting SFM practices in the context of forest carbon emission reductions. A total of 15 barriers in adopting SFM practices are listed through literature and expert inputs. Using Cameroon as a case study, the listed barriers are then evaluated by experts to determine their relative importance using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. According to our findings, the ‘Regulatory and Legislative frameworks’ barrier category was attributed to the highest importance among other categories, in adopting SFM practices in the forestry sector. ‘Inadequate political will and incentive to enforce regulations’ appears to be the major obstacle in adopting SFM practices in Cameroon. As carbon emission reduction initiatives are being developed, there is need to move from broad to concrete suggestions that will overcome these barriers. However, proper diagnosis is necessary in order to target barriers with the right incentives and enabling conditions that will support carbon programs and projects to deliver effective emission reductions.  相似文献   

Sweet blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) seed as a substitute for concentrate mix supplement in the diets of yearling washera rams fed on natural pasture hay as basal diet in Ethiopia     

Yeheyis L  Kijora C  Tegegne F  Peters KJ 《Tropical animal health and production》2012,44(6):1255-1261

In the mixed crop-livestock farming system of Ethiopia where crop residues are the major feed resources and concentrate supplement feeds are not common, home-grown legume protein sources can help to minimise the feed problem. A 69-day feeding experiment on sheep was conducted to evaluate the potential of sweet blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) cultivar Sanabor seed as a substitute for commercial concentrate supplement. Thirty yearling male intact Washera sheep with initial body weight of 21 ± 1.38 kg (mean ± SD) were used. The design was a randomised complete block design with six replications. The five experimental supplement feeds were 453 g concentrate (T1), 342 g concentrate + 74 g lupin seed (T2), 228 g concentrate + 147 g lupin seed (T3), 116 g concentrate + 219 g lupin seed (T4) and 290 g lupin seed (T5) in dry matter basis to supplement around 100 g crude protein per day per animal. There were significant differences (P < 0.05) in total dry matter, crude protein, ash and organic matter intakes among treatments. The average daily body weight gain for T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 was 91, 79, 79, 87 and 74 g/day, respectively, and this difference was not significant (P > 0.05). It was concluded that blue lupin seed has a potential to substitute the commercial concentrate supplement feed in Ethiopia.  相似文献   

Body Size and Testicular Traits of Tropically–adapted Bucks Raised Under Extensive Husbandry in Ethiopia     

Y Mekasha  A Tegegne  A Abera  H Rodriguez-Martinez 《Reproduction in domestic animals》2008,43(2):196-206

Contents Five tropically adapted buck breeds extensively managed in Ethiopia were studied to determine possible effects of breed and age on body size and testicular traits. In all, 177 bucks were selected following stratified random sampling, and evaluated in three age groups: <14 months (young), 14–19.5 months (intermediate) and 19.6–24 months (old). The breeds studied were Arsi-Bale (AB; N = 35), Central Highlands (CH; N = 33), Afar (N = 35), Boran (N = 36) and Woito-Guji (WG; N = 38). In all the three age groups, Boran and CH bucks were the heaviest (p < 0.05), Afar were the lightest, and AB and WG were in between. The highest body weight (BW) was achieved in the intermediate age group for Afar, but in the oldest age group for the other breeds. In the youngest age group, scrotal circumference (SC) was the widest (p < 0.05) for Boran and CH and the narrowest for Afar, AB and WG, while in the intermediate and the oldest age groups, Boran showed the widest SC. Boran, WG and CH had higher (p < 0.05) testicular weight (TW) than Afar and AB in the youngest age group. Boran retained the highest (p < 0.05) TW in the intermediate and the oldest age groups, while in the oldest age group WG and AB medium TW and Afar had the lowest TW. However, Afar had the highest TW expressed as percentage of BW. SC was well correlated with TW (p < 0.001; r  = 0.74) and BW (p < 0.001; r  = 0.61), indicating a linear, positive association between BW and TW (p < 0.001; r  = 0.51). In conclusion, body size and testicular traits of Ethiopian bucks under an extensive management system are influenced differently by breed and age group.  相似文献   

Effect of supplementation of Simada sheep with graded levels of concentrate meal on feed intake,digestibility and body-weight parameters   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Jemberu Dessie  Solomon Melaku  Firew Tegegne  Kurt J. Peters 《Tropical animal health and production》2010,42(5):841-848

The experiment consisting of 7 days of digestibility and 90 days of feeding trial was conducted at Wogda (Ethiopia) to determine the effect of supplementation of graded levels of concentrate mix (CM) on feed intake, digestibility, and body weight (BW) change in hay-based feeding of Simada sheep. Twenty-yearling Simada sheep with a mean initial BW of 17.9 ± 0.81 kg (mean ± SD) were used in randomized complete block design arranged into five blocks of four animals. The four dietary treatments that consisted of hay alone (T1), hay +150 g dry matter (DM; T2, low), hay +250 g DM (T3, medium), and hay +350 g DM (T4, high) CM were randomly assigned to each sheep within a block. The CM consisted of wheat bran (WB), noug seed (Guizotia abyssinica) meal and safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seed meal at the ratio of (2:1:1), respectively. Supplementation with T2 and T3 increased (P < 0.001) total DM and organic matter intake than the control treatment. Overall, supplementation improved (P < 0.001) crude protein intake, digestibility, feed conversion efficiency, BW gain, and profitability compared to the control, whereas sheep on the high than the low and medium level of supplementation performed better in these parameters among the supplemented treatments. From the results of this study, T4 is recommended as the best level of supplementation since it resulted in better nutrient utilization, animal performance, and profitability.  相似文献   

Comparative evaluation of effective microbe– and urea molasses–treated finger millet (Eleusine coracana) straw on nutritive values and growth performance of Washera sheep in northwestern Ethiopia     

Alemu  Degitu  Tegegne  Firew  Mekuriaw  Yeshambel 《Tropical animal health and production》2020,52(1):123-129

An experiment was carried out to comparatively evaluate the effect of effective microbe (EM)– and urea molasses (UM)–treated finger millet straw (EMTFMS and UMTFMS, respectively) on nutrient utilization and growth performance of Washera lambs. Twenty yearling intact male Washera lambs with an initial body weight of 21.13?±?1.77 kg (mean ± SE) were used for feeding and digestibility trial. These lambs were grouped into five blocks of four animals and randomly assigned to four dietary treatments. The four experimental feeds were untreated finger millet straw (control) + 150 g wheat bran (WB) (T1), untreated finger millet straw + 150 g WB + 150 g Noug seed cake (NSC) (T2), UMTFMS + 150 g WB + 150 g NSC (T3), and EMTFMS + 150 g WB + 150 g NSC (T4). The lambs were de-wormed and vaccinated against ecto- and endo-parasites. Data were analyzed using ANOVA procedure of SAS. Results showed that crude protein (CP) content of finger millet straw (FMS) was improved from 2.13 to 9.7% in UM treatment and 2.13 to 2.39% in EM treatments. Total DM, CP, and OM intake were higher in lambs assigned in UMTFMS (P?<?0.01) and EMTFMS (P?<?0.01) than the control groups and significantly highest (P?<?0.01) in UMTFMS. A non-significant (P?>?0.05) difference was observed between treatment technologies in all nutrient apparent digestibility and average daily weight gain. Therefore, it can be concluded that both treatments could serve as an alternative measure to improve nutritive value of finger millet straw, but due to environmental effect, EM treatment could be safe.

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Estrus response and fertility of Menz and crossbred ewes to single prostaglandin injection protocol     

Zeleke Mekuriaw  Habtemariam Assefa  Azage Tegegne  Dagne Muluneh 《Tropical animal health and production》2016,48(1):53-57

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Mitigating the anti-nutritional effect of polyphenols on in vitro digestibility and fermentation characteristics of browse species in north western Ethiopia     

Mekuriaw  Shigdaf  Tsunekawa  Atsushi  Ichinohe  Toshiyoshi  Tegegne  Firew  Haregeweyn  Nigussie  Nobuyuki  Kobayashi  Tassew  Asaminew  Mekuriaw  Yeshambel  Walie  Misganaw  Tsubo  Mitsuru  Okuro  Toshiya 《Tropical animal health and production》2020,52(3):1287-1298

Tropical Animal Health and Production - Browse species are important sources of forage for livestock in Ethiopia, especially during the dry season, when the quality and quantity of green herbage is...  相似文献   

Effects of different forms of white lupin (Lupinus albus) grain supplementation on feed intake,digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Washera sheep fed Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) hay-based diets     

Gebru Tefera  Firew Tegegne  Yeshambel Mekuriaw  Solomon Melaku  Atsushi Tsunekawa 《Tropical animal health and production》2015,47(8):1581-1590

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Feed intake and production parameters of lactating crossbred cows fed maize-based diets of stover,silage or quality protein silage     

Efrem Gebrehawariat  Berhan Tamir  Azage Tegegne 《Tropical animal health and production》2010,42(8):1705-1710

Thirty-six Boran × Friesian dairy cows (392 ± 12 kg; mean ± SD) in early parity were used in a randomised complete block design. Cows were blocked by parity into three blocks of 12 animals and offered normal maize (NM) stover (T1), NM silage (T2) or quality protein maize (QPM) silage (T3) basal diets supplemented with a similar concentrate mix. Feed intake, body weight and condition changes and milk yield and composition were assessed. The daily intake of DM, OM, NDF and ADF for cows fed the NM stover-based diet was higher (P < 0.05) than for the cows fed the NM silage and QPM silage-based diets. However, the daily intake of DOM (9.3 kg) and ME (140.8 MJ) for cows on QPM silage-based diet was higher (P < 0.05) than for cows on NM stover-based diet (8.4 kg and 124.2 MJ) and NM silage-based diet (7.9 kg and 119.1 MJ). Body weight of cows was affected (P < 0.05) by the diet, but diet had no effect (P > 0.05) on body condition score, milk yield and milk composition. The digestible organic matter in the NM stover-based diet (724 g/kg DM) was lower (P < 0.05) than that in the NM (770 g/kg DM) and QPM silage-based diet (762 g/kg DM). It was concluded that the performances of the cows on the NM silage and QPM silage diets were similar and were not superior to that of the NM stover-based diet.  相似文献   

Seasonal influences on gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves in Small East African zebu (Bos indicus) bulls in Ethiopia     

Azage Tegegne  K. W. Entwistle  E. Mukasa-Mugerwa 《Tropical animal health and production》1992,24(4):216-222

Summary Body weight and scrotal circumference (SC) data were takenante mortem and genitalia collected after slaughter from Small East African zebu (SEAZ) bulls slaughtered during the wet (n=46) and the dry (n=53) seasons. Bulls slaughtered during the wet season were significantly heavier (47 kg) and had significantly larger SC measurements (3·3 cm) than those slaughtered during the dry season. Mean (±s.e.m.) paired testes weights were 233·7±13·8 and 292·8±11·3 g and epididymal weights 26·8±0·9 and 35·9±1·1 g in bulls slaughtered during the dry and wet seasons, respectively. Daily sperm production rates and epididymal sperm reserves were 2·2±0·1×10⁹ and 3·0±0·1×10⁹; and 16·1±0·3×10⁹ and 17·6±0·4×10⁹ in bulls slaughtered during the dry and wet seasons, respectively. These differences were significant. It was concluded that season affected reproductive capacity of zebu bulls probably due to variations in the quality and quantity of nutrition. However, the confounding effects of ambient temperature and nutrition on reproductive capacity of zebu bulls in tropical regions need further examinations.

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Résumé Le poids vif et la circonférence scrotale de petits zébus males à courtes cornes d'Afrique de l'est a été mesuré anti-mortem au cours de la saison humide (n=46) et de la saison séche (n=53). Parallèlement, des organes génitaux ont été prélevés après abattage. Les veaux abattus pendant la saison humide étaient incontestablement plus lourds (47 kg) et les mesures de leur circonférence scrotale étaient bien plus importantes (3,3 cm) que celles des animaux abattus au cours de la saison sèche. Les poids moyens (+s.e.m.) des deux testicules étaient de 233,7±13,8 et 292,8±11,3 g; les poids de l'epididyme étaient de 26,8±0,9 et 35,9±1,1 g chez les males abattus durant la saison sèche et la saison humide. Les taux quotidiens de production de sperme ainsi que les réserves de l'epididyme étaient de 2,2±0,1×10⁹ et 3,0±0,1×10⁹ et 16,1±0,3×10⁹ et 17,6±0,4×10⁹ chez les males abattus durant la saison sèche et la saison humide. Les différences étaient significatives. On a conclu que les saisons affectaient la capacité de reproduction des zébus males probablement à cause des variations qualitatives et quantitatives de l'alimentation. Cependant, les effects interactifs de la température ambiante et de l'alimentation sur la capacité de reproduction des zébus males sous des climats tropicaux nécessitent de plus amples examens. Resumen Se tomaron el datos sobre peso corporal y la circunferencia escrotal (CE) ante-morten y después de sacrificados, en toros Cebú peque?os de Africa del Este. Para el efecto, se sacrificaron 46 animales durante la estación lluviosa y 53 durante la estacioń seca. Los toros sacrificados durante la estación seca fueron más pesados (47 kg) y tuvieron CE mayores (3·3 cm), que aquellos sacrificados durante la estación seca. El promedio de peso de los testículos fue de 233·7±13·8 y 298·8±11·3 g y de los epidídimos 26·8±0·9 y 35·9±1·1 g en toros sacrificados durante la estación seca y lluviosa, respectivamente. La tasa diaria de producción de esperma y las reservas epididimales fueron 2·2±0·1×10⁹ y 3·0±0·1×10⁹ y 16·1±0·3×10⁹ y 17·6±0·4×10⁹ en toros sacrificados durante la estación seca y lluviosa, respectivamente. Las diferencias fueron significativas. Se concluye que la estación afecta la capacidad reproductiva de los toros Cebú, probablemente debido a la cantidad y calidad de la nutrición. Sin embargo, la interacción entre ambiente y nutrición sobre la capacidad reproductiva del Cebú en regiones tropicales, necesita más estudios.

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