An Overview of Livestock Production & Marketing in Ethiopia

An Overview of Livestock Production & Marketing in Ethiopia Small Ruminants Marking in Ethiopia and the Need to Rethink Getachew Legese ILRI, Ethiopia 30th ESAP Annual Conference September 16, 2022 Hawassa University Introduction ❑ Ethiopia has diverse agro-ecological settings suitable for production of different kinds of livestock ❑Owns the largest livestock population in the region ❑Could not be. [...] Domestic Market ✓ Both male and female animals ✓ Younger animals with relatively higher weight ✓ Weight range depends on buyers need ✓ Fattened animals ✓ Color (seasonal variation) Demand for Sheep and Goats in the Export Sector • 15 export abattoirs • Capacity to process 200K tones/annum • Can process about 20 million small ruminants/annum • But they processed only 20K tones/annum over the last y. [...] • Used only 10% of their installed capacity • Shortage of supply of export quality animals is their major challenge Number of Male Sheep and Goats in Marketable Age Categories Animal type/species Sheep Goats Total Population (million) 42.9 52.5 Number of male animals (million) 12.4 16.01 Number 2.2 2.7 6 months- 1 year Proportion 18% 17% Number 2.4 3.3 Number 1- 2 years Proportion 19% 21% (million. [...] • More benefits could be obtained from quick turn over • Resources (land, labor, feed, shelter) used in feeding one animal for more than 2 years can be used to quickly fatten about 6 animals Implications of Delayed Marketing of Male Animals (Cont’d) • Keeping an animal for longer time also promotes producing poor quality meat as the animal gets older • Against the principle of regenerative product. [...] livestock.cgiar.org This presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.