Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets

Chapter 8, “Evolving Animal Sourced Foods and Livestock Markets,” covers the changing situation in livestock marketing systems. The authors find that in many developing countries in which staple foods dominate the composition of diets, higher consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) is associated w...

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Autores principales: Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart, Yimer, Feiruz
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143244
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author Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane
Minten, Bart
Yimer, Feiruz
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description Chapter 8, “Evolving Animal Sourced Foods and Livestock Markets,” covers the changing situation in livestock marketing systems. The authors find that in many developing countries in which staple foods dominate the composition of diets, higher consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) is associated with significant nutritional benefits. Given the importance of prices for consumption decisions in these settings, they analyze ASF price patterns, relying on a large-scale price dataset collected in 116 urban retail markets in Ethiopia. The authors document important seasonal and spatial patterns, and they find, worryingly, that real prices of ASF have been increasing over the past decade by between 32 percent and 36 percent for three major ASFs—milk, eggs, and meat. Similar price increases are noted in rural and urban areas as well as for tradable and nontradable ASFs. This price trend is in contrast with staple cereals for which real prices stayed at similar levels over the past decade. As they estimate that a price increase of this magnitude would reduce consumption of ASF by approximately 25 percent, holding other things constant, it seems that more investments and attention to the production of ASF and the livestock sector are needed to reduce ASF prices and increase their consumption in Ethiopia.
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spelling CGSpace1432442025-11-06T03:55:08Z Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Minten, Bart Yimer, Feiruz eggs livestock production milk animal-sourced foods (asf) beef malnutrition nutrition trade agrifood systems livestock food consumption food prices diet international trade Chapter 8, “Evolving Animal Sourced Foods and Livestock Markets,” covers the changing situation in livestock marketing systems. The authors find that in many developing countries in which staple foods dominate the composition of diets, higher consumption of animal-sourced foods (ASF) is associated with significant nutritional benefits. Given the importance of prices for consumption decisions in these settings, they analyze ASF price patterns, relying on a large-scale price dataset collected in 116 urban retail markets in Ethiopia. The authors document important seasonal and spatial patterns, and they find, worryingly, that real prices of ASF have been increasing over the past decade by between 32 percent and 36 percent for three major ASFs—milk, eggs, and meat. Similar price increases are noted in rural and urban areas as well as for tradable and nontradable ASFs. This price trend is in contrast with staple cereals for which real prices stayed at similar levels over the past decade. As they estimate that a price increase of this magnitude would reduce consumption of ASF by approximately 25 percent, holding other things constant, it seems that more investments and attention to the production of ASF and the livestock sector are needed to reduce ASF prices and increase their consumption in Ethiopia. 2020-08-01 2024-05-22T12:12:42Z 2024-05-22T12:12:42Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143244 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296916 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296930 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Minten, Bart; and Yimer, Feiruz. 2020. Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets. In Ethiopia's agrifood system: Past trends, present challenges, and future scenarios, eds. Paul A. Dorosh and Bart Minten. Part Two: Evolving Markets and Household Consumption, Chapter 8, Pp. 219-257. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296916_08.
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livestock production
milk
animal-sourced foods (asf)
beef
malnutrition
nutrition
trade
agrifood systems
livestock
food consumption
food prices
diet
international trade
Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane
Minten, Bart
Yimer, Feiruz
Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title_full Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title_fullStr Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title_full_unstemmed Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title_short Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets
title_sort evolving animal sourced foods and livestock markets
topic eggs
livestock production
milk
animal-sourced foods (asf)
beef
malnutrition
nutrition
trade
agrifood systems
livestock
food consumption
food prices
diet
international trade
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