Livestock production and marketing

Berhanu Gebremedhin, Adam Kennedy, Asfaw Negassa and Shahidur Rashid

Chapter 6 in Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges, 2012 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The livestock sector is an important subsector of Ethiopia’s economy in terms of its contributions to both agricultural value-added and national; gross domestic product (GDP). Between 1995/96 and 2005/06, the livestock subsector’s share averaged 24 percent of agricultural GDP and 11 percent of national GDP (Ethiopia, NBE 2006). The contribution of livestock and livestock product exports to foreign exchange earnings is also significant. The annual average revenue from livestock and livestock product exports is estimated to have been 13 percent of the annual national export earnings during the period 2000/01 to 2007/08 (Ethiopia, NBE 2008).

Keywords: livestock production; Livestock sector; Marketing; Agricultural development; Agricultural policies; trade; exports; Pastoralism; Livelihoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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