The document tries to describe on the end market analysis of meat/live animals, Leather and leather products and Dairy Products of Ethiopia. The document review the opportunities and challenges to produce and deliver quality livestock products at desired amount for local and export market.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Value Chain Analysis for Ethiopia: Meat and Live Animals; Hides, Skins and Leather; and Dairy sub sector.
The document tries to examine and understand three livestock value chains: meat and live animals; hides, skins and leather; and dairy products. While each of the analyses describes the value chain’s under performance and the causes for this, each analysis also identifies opportunities and courses of action to address constraints and performance issues.
Proceedings of the 1st dairy business platform meeting
Here you can find the main discussion points and conclusions of the first meeting of the dairy business platform on October 6, 2015 held in Addis Abeba in Ethiopia. Among other things the objectives of the DairyBISS project, the preliminary findings of the baseline study and business opportunities report were discussed.
AGP- Livestock Market Development 5 Year Strategy
Expanding Livestock Markets for the Small-holder Producers
This document describes the Livestock Market Development (LMD) Project’s strategy to support the improvement of Ethiopia’s livestock industry. It includes strategies for the three LMD value chains: Meat and Live Animals (MLA); Hides, Skins and Leather (HSL); and Dairy Products
Useful resources on ILRI-IPMS website
Here you can find the outputs of the project Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian farmers (IPMS) implemented by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI):
- Articles
- Case Studies
- Multimedia – video, audio, posters
- Papers and Chapters
- News items
- Presentations
- Working papers
- Theses
- Training Materials
Invest in Ethiopia
This business opportunities report elaborates on why to invest in Ethiopia by discussing the conductive investment climate, the diverse agro-ecology and fertile soils, the expanding infrastructure, and the competitive labour force of Ethiopia
Dairy Land, Sustainable Land?
The dairy sector in the Ethiopian Highlands: The place of traditional fermented milk products
In Ethiopia, around 97-98% of the annual milk production is accounted by the traditional milk production system, which is dominated by indigenous breeds. Most of the milk produced in the country is accordingly processed on-farm using traditional technologies that are generally not well understood. The very few enterprises currently operating in and around the capital depend on the traditional sector for the majority of their milk supply. These underscore the importance of understanding the traditional sector to render improvement interventions possible.
Professional Cow House Design
Handbook: Designing and planning modular dairy cow house (Kenya)
This Handbook has been prepared for the Kenya Market-led Dairy Programme (KMDP) by Vetvice (www.vetvice.com) and The Friesian Dairy Development Company (www.thefriesian.nl). KMDP is a 4.5 year programme funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nairobi. The programme started 1st of July 2012 and is implemented by SNV/Kenya, Netherlands Development Organisation, in collaboration with stakeholders in the Kenyan dairy industry.
Investment opportunities in the Ethiopian Dairy sector
In August – September 2015 interviews were conducted in the light of developing a report on business opportunities for Dutch investors in the dairy sector in Ethiopia. The report has identified a list of opportunities for trade and investments in dairy production, business development services, and dairy processing and marketing.
Developing the butter value chain in Ethiopia
The baseline survey of the LIVES project and the IPMS sponsored rapid butter market appraisal study clearly demonstrate the importance of butter in rural Ethiopia. The results of the rapid market survey conducted in the 10 Pilot Learning Woredas provided an insight into the functioning of the butter value chain. Results show that to improve the production of fluid milk and to increase the production of butter in rural areas, feed and fertility management need to be improved. Genetic improvement, especially crosses of local breeds with high fat content breeds, should also be encouraged. Since artificial insemination (AI) is not usually available in rural areas, use can be made of mobile teams and hormone assisted oestrus synchronization and mass insemination.
The working paper starts by describing butter production system in Ethiopia and its importance in the LIVES project areas. It then presents results obtained from the LIVES baseline data exercise as well as from the rapid butter value chain assessment study conducted by the IPMS project. The final section presents conclusions and recommendations on strategies and interventions to increase the size and efficiency of the butter value chain in the country.
Dairy Ethiopia 