Production and Marketing of Red Meat, Wool,Skins and Hides in Afghanistan: A Case Study from Kabul, Kandahar and Kunduz Provinces

This paper reports the findings of project RALF01-09 on ‘Marketing of Livestock and
Livestock products: Market demand, potential returns to producers and constraints to market
access’. The subjects discussed in the report include:

• A short retrospective of the livestock sector in
  afghanistan.
• Livestock production and marketing from the
  farmers’ perspective
• Livestock marketing from the traders’
  perspective
• Marketing of non-edible livestock products
• The future demand for red meat
• Increasing returns to livestock owners