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

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.