Does it pay to switch from free grazing to stall feeding? Impact of stall feeding practice on household welfare in Tigrai Ethiopia

Hadush, Muuz

doi:10.1186/s40100-020-00170-4

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 8 Impact of SF on economic, ecological, and social welfare indicators

From: Does it pay to switch from free grazing to stall feeding? Impact of stall feeding practice on household welfare in Tigrai Ethiopia

Outcome indicator		Decision on FSF^a		Treatment effect	Decision on SSF^b		Treatment effect
Outcome indicator		Adopt	Not-adopt	Treatment effect	Adopt	Not-adopt	Treatment effect
Milk production (L)	Participants	2.4661	2.0198	0.4462***	1.9045	− 0.1487	2.0533**
Milk production (L)	Non-participants	4.4336	2.1350	2.2986***	2.2169	1.2217	0.9952***
Milk yield	Participants	1.6993	1.4064	0.2928***	1.7419	− 0.0210	1.7630***
Milk yield	Non-participants	2.1696	1.4592	0.7104***	0.2884	1.3935	− 1.1051***
Lactation in months	Participants	8.4598	8.1712	0.2886***	8.3298	8.7293	− 0.3995***
Lactation in months	Non-participants	8.6022	7.6087	0.9935***	8.3292	7.2554	1.0737***
Milk and meat consumption	Participants	1855.6	1587.9	267.7***	1807.8	1254.5	553.2***
Milk and meat consumption	Non-participants	2777.4	1548.9	1228.4***	2141.8	1470.3	671.5***
Manure use in KG	Participants	1061.1	767.14	294.01***	1338.6	1080.5	258.08***
Manure use in KG	Non-participants	905.90	939.90	− 34.005	− 1421.3	1022.7	− 2444.***
Herd size in TLU	Participants	3.9527	5.1053	− 1.1525***	4.2433	4.5725	− 0.3292***
Herd size in TLU	Non-participants	4.7066	4.0789	0.6277***	4.5145	3.7701	0.7444****
Number of trees planted	Participants	37.434	25.965	11.468***	124.4	17.72	− 9.636***
Number of trees planted	Non-participants	48.093	11.557	36.536***	− 181.4	13.64	30.156***
Conservation structure length	Participants	121.24	91.955	29.287**	114.30	100.79	13.504
Conservation structure length	Non-participants	224.37	90.382	133.98***	140.18	85.550	54.635***
Milking cows	Participants	ATT		0.2316**			0.2166***
Milking cows	Non-participants	ATU		− 0.0433***			0.1618***
Plant (1/0)	Participants	ATT		0.1939***			0.0819***
Plant (1/0)	Non-participants	ATU		0.0063			0.1256***
Hired labor (1/0)	Participants	ATT		− 0.2923***			0.0577***
Hired labor (1/0)	Non-participants	ATU		0.3384***			0.1522***
Purchase of animal feed (1/0)	Participants	ATT		− 0.3122***			− 0.3805***
Purchase of animal feed (1/0)	Non-participants	ATU		− 0.0201*			0.1499***
Animal sale (1/0)	Participants	ATT		0.2945***			0.1604***
Animal sale (1/0)	Non-participants	ATU		0.4782***			0.4061***
Animal shock(1/0)	Participants	ATT		− 0.1990***			− 0.1047***
Animal shock(1/0)	Non-participants	ATU		0.2361***			0.3274***

NB: P values are for slopes: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, and *P < 0.10 = significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively
^aFSF full year stall feeding adoption
^bSSF seasonal stall feeding adoption

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