Table 10: Partial budget analysis of Afar goats supplemented on different proportions of cowpea and Rhodes grass with concentrates mix.
|
Parameter |
T1 |
T2 |
T3 |
T4 |
T5 |
|
Purchase price of goat (ETB/head) |
610 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
610 |
|
Cow pea consumed (kg/ head) |
- |
16.2 |
8.1 |
4.1 |
12.2 |
|
Rhodes hay consumed (kg/ head) |
- |
10.8 |
5.4 |
2.7 |
8.0 |
|
Wheat bran consumed (kg/ head) |
16.2 |
- |
8.1 |
12.2 |
4.1 |
|
Noug seed cake consumed (kg/ head) |
10.8 |
- |
5.4 |
8.0 |
2.7 |
|
Total supplement consumed (kg/ head) |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
|
Total feed consumed (kg/ head) |
54.1 |
54.2 |
54.6 |
55 |
54.4 |
|
Cost of cow pea (ETB/ head) |
- |
90 |
45 |
22.5 |
67 |
|
Cost of Rhodes grass (ETB/head) |
- |
60 |
30 |
15 |
45 |
|
Cost of wheat bran (ETB/head) |
113 |
- |
57
|
85.4 |
29 |
|
Cost of noug seed cake (ETB/head) |
108 |
- |
54 |
80 |
27 |
|
Total variable cost (ETB/ head) |
221 |
150 |
186 |
202.9 |
168 |
|
Selling price of goats (ETB/ head) |
1620 |
1570 |
1580 |
1600 |
1570 |
|
Total return (ETB/ head) |
1010 |
960 |
970 |
990 |
960 |
|
Net return (NR) (ETB/ head) |
789 |
750 |
784 |
788 |
792 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TR: total return; ETB: Ethiopian birr; NR: Net Return.