Table 1.
Mean herd size and sample proportions of the studied herds in each administrative zone of the study areas
| Production systems | Administrative Zones |
Herd size Mean (95% CI) |
Sample proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed farming* | Dawro | 8.8 (8.4, 9.3) | 95.4 |
| Gedeo | 12.6 (11.8, 13.4) | 83.3 | |
| Hadiya | 15.4 (14.9, 15.9) | 87.0 | |
| Sidama | 13.1 (12.7, 13.5) | 91.0 | |
| Pastoral system | Borana | 43.6 (42.5, 44.7) | 49.4 |
| Jijiga | 20.1 (19.4, 20.9) | 77.2 | |
| Shinle | 20.7 (19.9, 21.4) | 70.0 | |
| South Omo | 45.2 (44.0, 46.3) | 43.2 |
* Mixed farming, also known as sedentary farming, is where crop-livestock mixed farming is practiced