How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia
Livestock supports the livelihoods of around 1 billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods....
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| author | Abay, Kibrom A. Tiruneh, Hailemariam Ayalew Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph T. Breisinger, Clemens |
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| description | Livestock supports the livelihoods of around 1 billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments. However, there is a significant gap in the quality and reliability of livestock data, which inhibits evaluations of the livestock sector’s role in livelihoods and national economies and therefore impedes evidence-based livestock policies and investments. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1758062025-07-25T14:06:08Z How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia Abay, Kibrom A. Tiruneh, Hailemariam Ayalew Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph T. Breisinger, Clemens data livestock statistics livelihoods Livestock supports the livelihoods of around 1 billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Thorne and Conroy 2017, Baltenweck et al. 2020). However, growth and productivity of the livestock sector in many LMICs are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for animal-source foods. Boosting the sector’s productivity is crucial for poverty reduction in LMICs, which continue to face multifaceted challenges and shocks that threaten the sustainability of food systems. This, in turn, requires reliable livestock data for informing livestock policies and investments. However, there is a significant gap in the quality and reliability of livestock data, which inhibits evaluations of the livestock sector’s role in livelihoods and national economies and therefore impedes evidence-based livestock policies and investments. 2025-07-16 2025-07-25T14:06:08Z 2025-07-25T14:06:08Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175806 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103532 https://voxdev.org/topic/methods-measurement/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-africa Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Abay, Kibrom A.; Tiruneh, Hailemariam Ayalew; Terfa, Zelalem; Karugia, Joseph T.; and Breisinger, Clemens. 2025. How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia. IFPRI blog post published July 16, 2025. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/how-good-are-livestock-statistics-in-africa-evidence-from-ethiopia/ |
| spellingShingle | data livestock statistics livelihoods Abay, Kibrom A. Tiruneh, Hailemariam Ayalew Terfa, Zelalem Karugia, Joseph T. Breisinger, Clemens How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | How good are livestock statistics in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | how good are livestock statistics in africa evidence from ethiopia |
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