Farmers’ Perceptions to Community-Based Breeding Programs: A Case Study for Doyogena Sheep in Ethiopia

摘要

Background and Objective: In 2012/13 the Doyogena sheep Community-Based Breeding Program CBBP have been adopted to improveDoyogena sheep. The present study aims to investigate the attitudes, opinions and perceptions of smallholder farmers on the CommunityBased Breeding Programs CBBPs . Materials and Methods: The survey data were collected from 236 households of 118 CBBPs participantfarmers and 118 non-participant sheep-keeping farmers. The survey data were analyzed using an index and SPSS. Results: The evaluationresult revealed that CBBP is acceptable and workable in the community. After the intervention of CBBP, a greater number of sheep weresold and participant farmers realized a high average annual income. The direct participation of smallholder farmers in CBBP is on anincreasing trend. There was evidence of improvement in the growth performance of lambs, twining rate, decrease in lamb mortality andshorting of lambing interval. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the genetic improvement of Doyogena sheep under CBBPs wassuccessful and the program satisfies the farmers. Therefore, there is an opportunity to out scaled the new sites and strengthen the existingsites for further improvements.