Table 3. Feed resource availability in the study area

Variables	Mid-altitude		Highland		Total
	(n=94)	%	(n=84)	%	(n=178)	%
Natural pasture	20	21.23	16	19.04	39	21.9
Crop residues	21	22.34	18	21.42	39	21.9
Improved forage	15	15.95	11	13.09	26	14.6
Enset leaf & pseudo stem	17	18.08	30	35.7	49	27.5
Banana leaf	5	5.32	0	0	6	3.38
Wheat bran and nug	7	2.12	4	2.38	11	6.2
Attalla	5	7.5	2	4.76	8	4.5

Nug is local name for Guizotia abyssinica; Attela is a byproduct of the traditional manufacturing process of tella (beer) or katikala (liquor); Enset is Ethiopian Banana (Ensete ventricosum).