ABSTRACT
The farming system of the North Gondar zone is predominantly a crop-livestock mixed farming system. North Gondar zone has the largest livestock population of any zone in the Amhara region. The potential to improve livestock productivity on available feed resources is limited for various reasons- such as the poor nutritive value of native pasture and crop residues and the high costs and limited availability of agro-industrial by-products. Some efforts have been made to introduce improved forage species to the farmers of high and mid altitude areas of North Gondar. However, these efforts did not bring significant change because the forage crops introduced were not tested for their adaptability and productivity. Thus, an adaptation trial was conducted to test the best forage species to introduce, to strengthen the efforts that had already started. The experiment was conducted on the farmer's field in the Gumara-Maksegnit watershed in 2012.
