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A spatial assessment of livestock production and market access

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Publication date
31/01/2013
Number of Pages
2
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Working Papers & Briefs
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Market-related
Managerial & operational
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Commodity:
Livestock
Author
Helina Tilahun, Emily Schmidt
Organization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)

This study links smallholder livestock production data from the Agricultural Census (2001/02) and annual CSA agricultural sam-ple survey with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data on land cover, city population, and road networks in order to assess the relationship between livestock population, market access, and grazing land. We use existing studies of travel time to calcu-late shares of livestock populations within defined travel time thresholds of major markets. In addition, we attempt to provide greater insight into changes in available grazing land given Ethiopia’s increasing human and livestock population pressure.

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