1. Financial and technical support:SPS-LMM Implementers: Ethiopian Livestock Market Information System:Experience from a pilot phase The 5 thAll Africa Conference on Animal Agricultureand 18 thESAP Annual Conference October 25 28, 2010

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• Contents

Introduction

Objectives

Major components

Where are we?

Conclusion and the way forward

3. I. Introduction

Despite its huge livestock population, Ethiopia could not properly utilize the potential of the livestock sector

Lack of systematic collection, compilation, analysis, storage and dissemination of market information is one of the major constraints

The economic contribution of the Ethiopian livestock sector can be improved substantially if the sector is better integrated into the local and international markets using available information technologies and other associated products

Thus, it is essential to establish a well integrated, dynamic and interactive database that will enable users to get easy access to the required market information

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Overall:

Avail a comprehensive and dynamic Livestock Market Information System (LMIS) for Ethiopia

Specific:

Develop suitable data collection formats,

Determine the required number of market managers per market,

Develop and test the livestock market information database and build up user friendly output generation system

Use other timely information dissemination means

II. Objectives 5.

Livestock market data collection

• What

• Where

• How

• Who

• When

Communication

Information dissemination

Database development

III. Major components 6.

Information:

• Price, no. of LS supplied and sold

Species:

• Camel, Cattle, Sheep and Goats

Categories:

• Physiology :Female, Intact, Castrated

• Age: Young, Intermediate, Mature

• BCS: Thin, Intermediate, Fat

Other LS market information:

• Basic market information

• Export abattoirs

• Market participants

1. Livestock market data collection What market information? 7. Where? Market information sources Tuesday Afar Afar/Asaita 12 Everyday Somali Jijiga 11 Friday, Saturday SNNP Wolaita Sodo 10 Monday Tigray Mekelle 9 Saturday Bahir Dar 8 Monday Amhara Bati 7 Monday Guder 6 Friday, Sunday Haro Beke 5 Wednesday, Thursday Oromiya Adama 4 Thursday, Friday Sholla 3 Thursday, Friday Karaalo 2 Thursday, Friday Addis Ababa Kera 1 Market day Region Market Ser. No. 8. Markets, LS species & categories considered 108(4 species x 3 physiological status x 3 age groups x 3 BC) Camel, cattle, sheep and goats Aysaita, Bati, Haro Beke, Jijiga, Mekelle81(3 species x 3 physiological status x 3 age groups x 3 BC) Cattle, sheep and goats AA-Kera, Adama, Guder, Bahir Dar, Sodo54(2 species x 3 physiological status x 3 age groups x 3 BC) Sheep and Goats AA-Sholla 27(1 species x 3 physiological status x 3 age groups x 3 BC) Cattle AA-Karalo Categories considered Livestock spp considered Market 9.

Data collection formats:Basic, weekly and monthly data

Direct observation

From producers, traders, brokers, consumers.

How? 10.

22 trained market managers (2 per market)

Who? 11.

Once at the beginning:

• Basic market information

Monthly:

• Available services,

• Transportation cost

• Market participants

Weekly:

• Price,

• Volume supplied and sold

When? 12.

Means of communication

• Email

• Phone and

• Hard copy

2. Data communication 13. Instances of summarized market information 14. Live animal market prices ( castrated, mature, fat ) (19 weeks data) 800 820 5610 6240 Mean 1154 654 5690 - Soddo 867 888 5717 - Mekelle - 737 3569 8977 Haro Beke 773 723 5402 - Guder 267 455 2786 5080 Bati 729 733 6081 - Bahir Dar 717 879 4899 4656 Aysaita 901 974 7127 - Adama 994 1304 9199 - AA-Kera Sheep Goats Cattle Camel Mean price, birr/animal Market 15.

Price dynamics forcastrated mature fat sheep and goatsin selected markets (21 weeks data)

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Volume ofcattlesupplied and sold in selected markets

(19 weeks data)

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Proportion ofcattlesold from total number supplied in selected markets (19 weeks data)

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Indicators

• Feed supply

• Veterinary service

• Market enclosure

• Tax

Guder market Jijiga market Market facilities Haro Beke LS market 19.

Organic export abattoir

Private abattoir located in Mojjo

Established in 2005 and became functional in 2008.

Livestock species slaughtered and exported include

• sheep, goats and cattle

Capacity:

• 2000 sheep and goats or 150 cattle (mostly calves) heads per day

Animals are supplied by traders

Major sources of animals:

• Borana, Arba Minch, Wolaita Sodo, Shashemene, Meison, Metahara, and Bati.

Major destinations:

• Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh); UAE (Dubai); Kuwait, Bahrain; and Egypt.

20. Goat processing: Organic export abattoir, Mojjo 1 5 4 3 2 6 21. 22. Summary of monthly livestock market prices is posted, Edaga Bieray, Mekelle 23.

Radio FANA : Once a week (Amharic, Afar, Somli and Oromiffa)

Sheger radio : Once a week (Amharic, around Addis)

3. Dissemination of the information collected 24.

4. Database development

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The pilot phase is over

Data collection from all markets continued for one more month and currently limited to three markets in Addis

Data collection formats prepared

Final version of the database is under evaluation

IV.Where are we? 26. V. Conclusion and the way forward Two market managers are enough/market Formal impact assessment Mapping livestock markets Soft and hard wares to be handed over . 27. Other market participants . 28. SPS-LMM 29. Live animal transaction ., Haro Beke LS market THANK YOU