In this investigation, assessment of available feed resources was conducted in two livestock production systems viz. peri-urban dairy system of the Highland and mixed-crop livestock system of the Central Rift Valley. The Highland production system is dominated by intensive and specialized dairy farmers where most of the times depend on purchased feeds. In the Central Rift Valley, livestock production system is extensive and largely depends on grazing lands and crop residues. Laboratory evaluation of major feeds collected from all study areas showed that both crop residues and crop stubbles...