The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia
In the transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries, we usually see rapid changes in the dairy sector. However, good data for understanding patterns and inclusiveness of this transformation are often lacking. This is important given implications for policy design and service and techn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7425916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32790790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456 |
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author | Minten, Bart Habte, Yetimwork Tamru, Seneshaw Tesfaye, Agajie |
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description | In the transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries, we usually see rapid changes in the dairy sector. However, good data for understanding patterns and inclusiveness of this transformation are often lacking. This is important given implications for policy design and service and technology provision towards better performing dairy sectors in these settings. Relying on a combination of unique diverse large-scale datasets and methods, we analyze transformation patterns in the dairy value chain supplying Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. Over the last decade, we note a rapid increase in expenditures on dairy products by urban consumers, especially among the better-off. Relatedly, the number of dairy processing firms in Ethiopia tripled over the same period, supplying a significant part of these dairy products, especially pasteurized milk, to the city’s residents. Upstream at the production level, we find improved access to livestock services, higher adoption of cross-bred cows, an increase in milk yields, expanding liquid milk markets, a sizable urban farm sector supplying almost one-third of all liquid milk consumed in the city, and an upscaling process with larger commercial dairy farms becoming more prevalent. However, average milk yields are still low and not all dairy farmers are included in this transformation process. Small farms with dairy animals as well as those in more remote areas benefit less from access to services and adopt less these modern practices. For these more disadvantaged farmers, stagnation in milk yields and even declines–depending on the data source used–are observed. |
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spelling | pubmed-74259162020-08-20 The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia Minten, Bart Habte, Yetimwork Tamru, Seneshaw Tesfaye, Agajie PLoS One Research Article In the transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries, we usually see rapid changes in the dairy sector. However, good data for understanding patterns and inclusiveness of this transformation are often lacking. This is important given implications for policy design and service and technology provision towards better performing dairy sectors in these settings. Relying on a combination of unique diverse large-scale datasets and methods, we analyze transformation patterns in the dairy value chain supplying Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. Over the last decade, we note a rapid increase in expenditures on dairy products by urban consumers, especially among the better-off. Relatedly, the number of dairy processing firms in Ethiopia tripled over the same period, supplying a significant part of these dairy products, especially pasteurized milk, to the city’s residents. Upstream at the production level, we find improved access to livestock services, higher adoption of cross-bred cows, an increase in milk yields, expanding liquid milk markets, a sizable urban farm sector supplying almost one-third of all liquid milk consumed in the city, and an upscaling process with larger commercial dairy farms becoming more prevalent. However, average milk yields are still low and not all dairy farmers are included in this transformation process. Small farms with dairy animals as well as those in more remote areas benefit less from access to services and adopt less these modern practices. For these more disadvantaged farmers, stagnation in milk yields and even declines–depending on the data source used–are observed. Public Library of Science 2020-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7425916/ /pubmed/32790790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456 Text en © 2020 Minten et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Minten, Bart Habte, Yetimwork Tamru, Seneshaw Tesfaye, Agajie The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title | The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title_full | The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title_short | The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia |
title_sort | transforming dairy sector in ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7425916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32790790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456 |
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