%0 Journal Article
%T Socio-Economic and Technical Characteristics of Beef Cattle Breeding in Ndé Division, West Region of Cameroon
%A David Fokom Wauffo
%A Geraud C. Tasse Taboue
%A Brenda M. Tsana Nantia
%A Gina France Djoumessi Tobou
%A Elvis Ndukong Ndzi
%A Abdou S. Nsangou
%A Mohamed M. F. Ndeb¨¦
%A Brice H. T. Fokouong
%A Frank D. K. Wouembe
%A Suzy G. Tsoupou Kuete
%A Kingsley M. Tanyi
%A Kingsley A. Etchu
%A Fernand Tendongkeng
%J Open Journal of Animal Sciences
%P 379-397
%@ 2161-7627
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojas.2023.133028
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Insight is here provided into the socio-economic and technical
characteristics of cattle production in the Nd¨¦</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Division (West Cameroon region). Using a semi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">structured questionnaire,
information on the activity was assessed following onsite visits and
interviewing breeders. Through a random sampling scheme, 110 breeders in the
four subdivisions of the Nd¨¦</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Division
were shadowed. The majority (98.18%) of breeders were men aged 20 to 40 and
married (91.82%). They belong to the Mbororo ethnic group</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> having cumulated more
than 10 years in the activity. Most respondents (50.91%) did not attend </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">school and earn their living mainly from livestock
(78.18%). Cattle were</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> raised </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">for
sale and to feed the breeder¡¯s family (77.27%). The main mode of </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">acquisition
of animals was through inheritance (81.82%). The cattle breeds were mostly </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">made up of white Fulani (70%), living in private
farms using a combination</span> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of stake and
barbed wires (67.27%) as fence</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. The combination of natural </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">fodder and cooking salt was used by most breeders
(59.09%) as a daily</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> ration. </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Reproduction was by natural mating (97.07%).
Parasites (internal and</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> external) and foot-and-mouth disease were the main
diseases reported by the majority of farmers. Self-treatment (50%) was the main
prophylactic measure taken by farmers in case of disease symptoms. Cattle
herders faced several challenges</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">such as insufficient pasture
(67.27%), agro-pastoral conflicts (76.36%) and</span> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">diseases (90.91%). Cattle breeding
%K Cattle Breeding
%K Socio-Economic
%K Breeding
%K Technical Characteristics
%K Constraints
%K Cameroon
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=126650