DOI: 10.11648/j.ijast.20250901.12 ISSN: 2640-1312

Gender Based, Husbandry Practices, Challenges of Indigenous Dairy Production and Managements in Bambasi District, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State

Fekadu Chibsa, Gemechu Ogato
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The research was carried out in the Benishangulgumuz region in Assosa zone in the Bambasi district. The study's design was a cross-sectional survey to gather the necessary data to meet its goals, and it used both primary and secondary data sources. Random and purposively sampling techniques were used to select respondents for the sample household survey, focus group discussion participants, and key informant interview attendees, respectively. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software (version 20) was used to analyze the data collected through the questionnaire. Women of the in the study areas give a significant amount of their time to animal activities, particularly in the home area. Furthermore, in the region, a wide amount of arable land and livestock population, production of dairy cattle is becoming decreased productivity, and animal death are enormous due to different insects and diseases, which is impact on the food security and livelihoods of smallholder’s farmers. Gender roles in the country differ based on ethnicity, income, and status. The average family size among the respondents was 6.04. The average and standard deviation of livestock holding per household was 8.38 ± 4.91. of the total, 67.9% of responders did not own grazing land for their dairy cows. (98.2% of respondents raise indigenous breeds. More than half of the milk was used for family consumption. Milk is sold directly to retailers in the area through an informal market chain. According to this observation, women typically undertake the majority of duties and devote a larger percentage of their time and labor than other family members. The findings show differences in the resource's ownership, control, and accessibility between men, women, boys, and girls. Furthermore, the findings reveal that more men are receiving training and extension services in households where women are medium participating. Enhancing technical and institutional barriers through the provision of sufficient veterinary care, better fodder production, appropriate crop residue management and improvement, provision of medical equipment and medications, sufficient extension services, increased water availability, and improved breeding systems should need strategies to support smallholder cattle production.

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