Table 1.
Estimated available mean dry matter production (ton), ME (MJ) and DCP (kg) per household per annual feed resources categories according to agroecological differences (N = 127).
| Feed resources | Mid altitude (N = 66) |
Low altitude (N = 61) |
Overall mean (N = 127) |
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| TDM | TME | DCP | TDM | TME | DCP | TDM | TME | DCP | |
| Natural pasture | 5.08 ± 0.09 | 32004 | 59.57 | 3.53 ± 0.17 | 22239 | 36.88 | 4.30 ± 0.11 | 27121.5 | 48.22 |
| Crop residue | 4.42 ± 0.10 | 27846 | 22.10 | 3.78 ± 0.19 | 23814 | 28.35 | 4.10 ± 0.11 | 25830 | 25.22 |
| Stubble crop | 1.01 ± 0.03 | 6363 | 8.08 | 0.92 ± 0.05 | 5796 | 7.36 | 0.96 ± 0.03 | 6048 | 7.72 |
| Non-conventional | 0.30 ± 0.01 | 1890 | 3.15 | 0.73 ± 0.06 | 4599 | 7.30 | 0.52 ± 0.04 | 3276 | 5.23 |
| Tree and shrubs | 1.56 ± 0.01 | 9828 | 24.34 | 2.10 ± 0.02 | 13230 | 34.65 | 1.83 ± 0.01 | 11529 | 29.50 |
| Improved forages | 0.21 ± 0.04 | 1323 | 3.57 | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 693 | 1.87 | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 1008 | 2.72 |
| Total | 12.58 ± 0.22 | 79254 | 120.81 | 11.17 ± 0.50 | 70371 | 116.41 | 11.875 ± 0.56 | 74812.5 | 118.61 |
TDM = Total Dry matter; TME = Total Metabolizable Energy; DCP = Digestible Crude Protein; N=Number of households.