Demand For Livestock In South Sudan Has Rapidly Increased: Report
According to recent value chain analysis by the National Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (MARF), the current demand for livestock and livestock products in South Sudan has rapidly increased. 23 March 2013 By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 22 March 2013 [Gurtong] – The total consumption of cattle, goat and sheep meat currently stands at 41,124 Metric Tonnes says the value chain analysis as it reveals that equivalent of 173,000, 973,000 and 633,000 cattle, goats and sheep respectively are slaughtered annually. An intensive demand and supply analysis of livestock products in South Sudan shows that although there is significant demand for livestock and livestock products in South Sudan, growth of the livestock sector can be sustained through major investments in livestock production so as to meet the growing domestic and international market. It has been estimated that South Sudan livestock sub sector has an annual capacity to supply of 1.3 million cattle and 4 million shoats, the report discloses. Out of these estimates only 470,000 cattle and 2.45 million shoats are sold, suggesting that only 35% of the available supply base can be absorbed through existing market outlets. Current production practices and available market infrastructure are currently structured to meet social needs and domestic demand as opposed to external markets. In Eastern Equatoria, livestock is a key drive of the state economy and remains the states’ key priority. State animal products are widely consumed and exported to neighbouring Juba and other emerging towns. Notably, livestock markets are opening up in emerging townships and this paints a bright picture for livestock investments within the state. However these emerging livestock markets are not well organized and not systematically connected. The MARF’s reports show that animals are not inspected and certified while leaving markets and travel to other towns coupled high rate and multiple taxations. As markets are operating daily it is difficult for traders to get truck full of animals in most cases. This initiative is designed to support the state and counties in setting up market systems and operation that can allow all markets operate optimally. The Netherlands Development Organization’s (SNV) Advisor on Agriculture sector, livestock development programme Tesfaye Haile Dargie, disclosed in his concept paper he was presenting to a recently concluded State Livestock Marketing system Workshop held in Kapoeta South County’s Hall, that his organization; SNV, has come up to establish a marketing system that can operate on weekly bases and links market in the state and end markets. He discloses that the SNV has intervened in order to enhance the volume of livestock supplied to markets by creating marketing opportunities to smaller market centres across the state. The Advisor adds that the organization; SNV, in collaboration with the State Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries in Eastern Equatoria, is exerting efforts to control quality of livestock product by introducing livestock health check-up and certification, in order to detect movements of animals within and across the State. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
