Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Open Access

Department of Agricultural Research, Wondogenet Agricultural Research Center, Shashemene, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Production and Productivity Performance of Crossbred Chickens Under Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: A Review
  Author(s): Fromsa Ijara* and Diribi Mijena
  
  This initiative aimed to review, document, and share information about the production and productivity performance of crossbred chicken for Ethiopian smallholder farmers as well as the future poultry production plan of the country. The four types of commercial poultry production systems in Ethiopia that are now recognized include village production systems, small scale-commercial systems, and medium-scale commercial systems and large-scale commercial systems. In Ethiopia, chicken crossbreeding has been attempted to enhance productivity by improving growth rate, feed conversion efficiency, reproductive traits, adaptability, and disease resistance and promising result has been gained as growth and egg production performance of the cross breed is higher than that of the indigenous breed under various production systems. Regardless of their breed, chickens play a significant role in the l.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-446X.24.12.276

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