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Sheep Fattening is Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Youth, Including Young Women in Ethiopia

author(s) Wamatu, Jane
from International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Jane Wamatu. (8/10/2021). Sheep Fattening is Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Youth, Including Young Women in Ethiopia
Sheep Fattening is Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Youth, Including Young Women in Ethiopia

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Abstract

Traditionally, subsistence sheep fattening systems in rural Ethiopian Highlands offer limited income
potential for the farmers. Improved sheep fattening practices and technologies adopted
by 44 youth groups in 50 kebeles (Peasant Associations) across Bonga, Menz and Doyogena
are enhancing productivity and market orientation to enhance incomes

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