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ISSN: 2360-7874 |
Academic Research Journal of
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Vol. 8(6), pp. 655-661, August 2020 Review Review on Beef Productivity of Local Cattle: In Ethiopia
Melkam Aleme and Mohammed Ali
Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultur and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
Accepted 15 June 2020
Beef cattle are one of a few agricultural commodities in Ethiopia from which the country earn foreign currency through both live and processed forms of the commodity export and also most of rural poor are engaged in raring it to fulfill their daily needs and economic gaps. The main objective of this paper is to review beef productivity of local cattle. Livestock production system in Ethiopia categorized as agro pastoral (in low land) and mixed crop (in high land). Traditionally fattening of animal under take in both rural and urban small holder farmer, cattle fattening is an important source of income. Local breed average carcass weight ranges from 95.3 to 200 kg for Sanga and Boran bull respectively. Ethiopian per capital meat consumption is extremely low in African standards (5.3 kg/person in year). Beef marketing in Ethiopia is limited for cattle due to lack of abattoir facilities and challenges faces in feed quality and scarcity, knowledge and experts and output side organizational market links are week over all infrastructure and policy are faced. However, opportunities include growing population, urbanization; economic growth and government recognize the important of livestock in poverty alleviation.
Key words: beef productivity, local cattle, Ethiopia, meat consumption
How to cite this article (APA Style): Melkam A., Mohammed A (2020). Review on Beef Productivity of Local Cattle: In Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 8(6): 655-661
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