Livestock Input Supply and Service Provision in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities for Market-Oriented Development
Title | Livestock Input Supply and Service Provision in Ethiopia: Challenges and Opportunities for Market-Oriented Development PDF eBook |
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Publisher | ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
Pages | 49 |
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Livestock Input Supply and Service Provision in Ethiopia
Title | Livestock Input Supply and Service Provision in Ethiopia PDF eBook |
Author | Azage Tegegne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 39 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Livestock |
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Improving Livestock Marketing and Intra-regional Trade in West Africa
Title | Improving Livestock Marketing and Intra-regional Trade in West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | T. O. William |
Publisher | ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN | 9291461849 |
It analyses the economic, institutional and policy constraints to livestock marketing and trade to provide a basis for new policy interventions to improve market efficiency and intra-regional livestock trade.
The evolving livestock sector in Ethiopia: Growth by heads, not by productivity
Title | The evolving livestock sector in Ethiopia: Growth by heads, not by productivity PDF eBook |
Author | Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 2018-08-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Livestock is important in Ethiopia’s agricultural economy as almost all farmers own some livestock. Livestock assets are valued at 720 USD per farm on average. Overall livestock output has grown rapidly over the last decade, estimated at almost 6 percent per year, but about 80 percent of that growth came from increases in the number of livestock. The stock of different livestock species was about 50 percent higher in 2015 than a decade earlier, while modern input use and improvements in production methods contributed little to growth in the livestock sector. Linked to improved access to extension and markets, adoption of improved breeds and improved feeding practices increased, but such adoption patterns started from a very low base. Within the livestock sector, cattle are dominant, making up an estimated three-quarters of the value of livestock stock. However, the share of cattle in total livestock output is declining, and small ruminants are on the rise, especially in pastoralist areas. Given the rapid growth in livestock numbers and the increasing livestock density per unit of land, we find that feeding practices are changing. Grazing land is declining in availability, so reliance on commercial feed markets is increasing. Access to vaccinations and veterinary service provision have improved, and livestock death rates declined slightly over the last decade. However, the number of livestock lost to deaths is still more than twice the number sold for meat production, indicating important challenges remaining for the development of the livestock sector in Ethiopia.
Livestock Policy Analysis
Title | Livestock Policy Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | International Livestock Research Institute |
Publisher | ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1995-01-01 |
Genre | Animal industry |
ISBN | 9789291460038 |
Policy concepts; Identification of policy issues; Production systems, supply and demand; Market, price and trade policies; Marketing and distribution systems; Budget and manpower planning; Land tenure police for the livestock sector; Policy analysis report writing and communication; Livestock production and marketing in alphabeta - a case study.
Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia
Title | Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dorosh |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2013-02-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0812208617 |
The perception of Ethiopia projected in the media is often one of chronic poverty and hunger, but this bleak assessment does not accurately reflect most of the country today. Ethiopia encompasses a wide variety of agroecologies and peoples. Its agriculture sector, economy, and food security status are equally complex. In fact, since 2001 the per capita income in certain rural areas has risen by more than 50 percent, and crop yields and availability have also increased. Higher investments in roads and mobile phone technology have led to improved infrastructure and thereby greater access to markets, commodities, services, and information. In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food crises. It examines the key issues, constraints, and opportunities that are likely to shape a food-secure future in Ethiopia, focusing on land quality, crop production, adoption of high-quality seed and fertilizer, and household income. Students, researchers, policy analysts, and decisionmakers will find this book a useful overview of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation as well as a resource for major food policy issues in Ethiopia. Contributors: Dawit Alemu, Guush Berhane, Jordan Chamberlin, Sarah Coll-Black, Paul Dorosh, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Sinafikeh Asrat Gemessa, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Graham, Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot, John Hoddinott, Adam Kennedy, Neha Kumar, Mehrab Malek, Linden McBride, Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen, Asfaw Negassa, Shahidur Rashid, Emily Schmidt, David Spielman, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Seneshaw Tamiru, James Thurlow, William Wiseman.
Toolkit for Gender Analysis of Crop and Livestock Production, Technologies and Service Provision
Title | Toolkit for Gender Analysis of Crop and Livestock Production, Technologies and Service Provision PDF eBook |
Author | Clare Bishop-Sambrook |
Publisher | ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
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