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Cattle marketing: Analysis of traders perceptions and market structures

Cattle marketing: Analysis of traders perceptions and market structures. Dr. Joshua Onono PHPT- University of Nairobi. Outline. Introduction Objectives Material and methods Results Conclusion and future outlook. Introduction.

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Cattle marketing: Analysis of traders perceptions and market structures

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  1. Cattle marketing: Analysis of traders perceptions and market structures Dr. Joshua Onono PHPT- University of Nairobi

  2. Outline • Introduction • Objectives • Material and methods • Results • Conclusion and future outlook

  3. Introduction • Markets play a role in the exchange of ownership for livestock resources destined for breeding, fattening and slaughter. • Markets acts as a hub for a bigger network which can enhance disease spread to other production systems and farms. • A clear understanding on how markets operate and weaknesses in the networks is important information that can be used to strengthen disease surveillance activities.

  4. Objectives • Describe perceptions of traders on constraints to cattle trading • Analysis of market structure in arid and semi arid pastoral areas

  5. Material and Methods Data collection and analysis • Participatory workshops • Market surveys • Marketing analysis - concentration index • and trader’s market share

  6. Materials and methods Flow of animals from Tanzania towards Nairobi (Source: Zaal, 2011).

  7. Materials and methods Number of cattle sold in markets, market sheds and destinations (Onono, 2013)

  8. Perceptions on constraints to trade (Onono, 2013)

  9. Perceptions on constraints to trade (Onono, 2013) • Presence of practices which may enhance spread and maintenance of diseases and other health risks along cattle marketing chains • The presence of drug residues, diseases, trekking of cattle and black market for meat may enhance spread of livestock diseases and also pose health risk to meat consumers

  10. Market concentration index (Onono, 2013) NB: Gini coefficient – this is a measure of market concentration (Ranges from 0 – 1)

  11. Lorenz curves and trader’s market share (Onono, 2013)

  12. Lorenz curves and trader’s market share (Onono, 2013) • The presence of dominant traders along the cattle marketing chains • The calculated concentration indices suggest an oligopolistic market structure tending to monopoly

  13. Future outlook • What are cattle traders attitude towards purchase of animals which are diseased? • What role does livestock markets play in the spread and maintenance of zoonoses?

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