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total of 40 farmers in Emohua and Obio-Akpor Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Rivers State were investigated to determine their extent of crop residues utilization as livestock feed. The Participatory Rural Appraisal method was adopted in the administration of questionnaires to respondents during the study while, collected crop residues were later analysed for proximate composition. Maize sievate was the most preferred (30.0%), while, cassava leaves (1.7%) were the least preferred based on affordability (51.4%), availability (34.3%), and shelf life (11.4%). About57.1% of the farmers utilized crop residues as feed and incorporated it at 20.0% inclusion level. The recorded dry matter (DM) and organic matter (OM) were significantly lower (p |
