Analysis of Beef Value Chain in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Smallholders to Markets

Mary Lubungu, Nicholas Sitko and Munguzwe Hichaambwa

No 229599, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Rapid urbanization and population expansion, coupled with sustained income growth and the emergence of an urban African middle class are triggering an increase in the consumption of animal protein in Zambia. The sustained increase in the consumption of animal proteins creates a host of new development opportunities to synergistically link small-scale livestock producers into economic growth processes from which they have largely been excluded.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2015-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.229599

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