Commercial Off-take and Livestock Resources in Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The objective of the study is to assess the effect of commercial off-take on the livestock resources
in Ethiopia. To analyze the effects, cause-effect design with a quantitative approach was applied
where purely quantitative data (covered 6 years and all regions) and quantitative methods of
analysis were used. Accordingly, the key results of the study at 99% confidence level were (1)
increment in male cattle slaughters, female cattle slaughters, total cattle population, female
cattle kept for beef and other purposes and informal trade decreased cattle population whereas
increment in female and total cattle population increased sales of cattle by significant volumes;
(2) increment in informal trade and male sheep 2 years aged reduced the sheep population while
increment in male of sheep kept for breeding, wool and meat increased sales of sheep in
volumes. (3) Increment in sales of goats increased the goats’ population and vice versa; while
sales of female goats reduced the goats’ resource. It is concluded that, with the existing livestock
production systems, the commercial off-take has significant effects on the livestock resources and
vice versa in terms of volume of sales, trade channel, population size, sex, and age. The levels of
effects between regions were also different for the three livestock species. The study recommends
that Ethiopia those livestock resources can contribute positively if and only if the process of
commercialization could be guided by researches, capacity building of the different actors and
intensive investments in developments of ranches and commercial farming.
Keywords: Livestock resources, Traditional production and marketing systems, Commercial
off-take, Formal and Informal Trades.
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Livestock resources, Traditional production and marketing systems, Commercial off-take, Formal and Informal Trades.