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Cattle Sheep Goats
In the highland zone where land is scarce, stall-feeding of cattle
and goats is a common practice. Often the care of these animals
is the duty of women, helped by children. The animals are fed
with different types of feeds, the most common of which are
banana leaves, and varieties of grass such as Guatemala grass,
Guinea grass, Napper grass etc. In the lowlands cattle and goats
graze on natural pasture, there are more cattle in this area than in
the highlands and are kept mostly for beef. In the highland area,
cattle are main source of manure for the bananas and coffee fields
apart from being sources of milk, cooking fat, meat and hides.
The majority of cattle raised in the highland zone are of Zebu
breed orgin but crossed with Exotic breeds such as Jersey,
Fresians, and Sahiwals. Pure exotic breeds are mostly kept in
areas at altitudes of 1,300 meters or 50 above sea level. Cattle
keeping in the region is of three ways: the first group of ownership
is the large scale, mainly Institutions such as DAFCO, NAFCO,
KARATA and KNCU 1984 Ltd. This group tends to herd the
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