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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Minten, Bart, Habte, Yetimwork, Tamru, Seneshaw, Tesfaye, Agajie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:
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
_version_ 1783570588739043328
author Minten, Bart
Habte, Yetimwork
Tamru, Seneshaw
Tesfaye, Agajie
author_facet Minten, Bart
Habte, Yetimwork
Tamru, Seneshaw
Tesfaye, Agajie
author_sort Minten, Bart
collection PubMed
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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7425916
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
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
work_keys_str_mv AT mintenbart thetransformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT habteyetimwork thetransformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT tamruseneshaw thetransformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT tesfayeagajie thetransformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT mintenbart transformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT habteyetimwork transformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT tamruseneshaw transformingdairysectorinethiopia
AT tesfayeagajie transformingdairysectorinethiopia