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Project

Towards a sustainable improvement of milk production for smallholder dairy farming systems in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Code
01CD8822
Duration
01 January 2023 → 30 June 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal nutrition
    • Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Milk production Nutrition Sustainability
 
Project description
 The overall objective of the proposed project is to contribute to the development of the potential of  smallholder dairy farming in Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia. To do so, research focusses on optimisation of dairy cattle nutrition using local feed resources within a systemic context with climatological, social and economic constraints. Both farmer-participatory and laboratory research is carried out.