Table 4.

Major feed resources as ranked by smallholder dairy farmers in Jimma town

Feed resources	Ranked (no. of responses)
	Rank 1	Rank 2	Rank 3	Rank 4	(Rank) mean indexa
Grazing	9	–	1	–	(5) 0.070
Hay	2	9	35	2	(3) 0.198
Green feed	40	7	5	4	(1) 0.361
Concentrateb	3	36	9	–	(2) 0.256
Non-conventional feeds	–	2	4	48	(4) 0.115
Total	54	54	54	54	1.00

Index = [(4 × number of responses for 1st rank + 3 × number of responses for 2nd rank + 2 × number of responses for 3rd rank + 1 × number of responses for 4th)] divided by (4 × total responses for 1st rank + 3 × total responses for 2nd rank + 2 × total responses for 3rd rank + 1 × total responses for 4th rank)

^aThe higher the rank for a given reason, the greater its importance

^bIncludes agro-industrial by products and commercial concentrate