The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierBart Minten: 0000-0002-2183-1845
cg.creator.identifierYetmwork Habte: 0000-0002-2251-5529
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/7aikzhen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1932-6203en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalPLOS ONEen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume15en
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Barten
dc.contributor.authorHabte, Yetimworken
dc.contributor.authorTamru, Seneshawen
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, Agajieen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:11:12Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:11:12Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142860
dc.titleThe transforming dairy sector in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractIn the transformation of agri-food systems in developing countries, we usually see rapid changes in the dairy sector. However, good data for understanding patterns and inclusiveness of this transformation are often lacking. This is important given implications for policy design and service and technology provision towards better performing dairy sectors in these settings. Relying on a combination of unique diverse large-scale datasets and methods, we analyze transformation patterns in the dairy value chain supplying Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. Over the last decade, we note a rapid increase in expenditures on dairy products by urban consumers, especially among the better-off. Relatedly, the number of dairy processing firms in Ethiopia tripled over the same period, supplying a significant part of these dairy products, especially pasteurized milk, to the city’s residents. Upstream at the production level, we find improved access to livestock services, higher adoption of cross-bred cows, an increase in milk yields, expanding liquid milk markets, a sizable urban farm sector supplying almost one-third of all liquid milk consumed in the city, and an upscaling process with larger commercial dairy farms becoming more prevalent. However, average milk yields are still low and not all dairy farmers are included in this transformation process. Small farms with dairy animals as well as those in more remote areas benefit less from access to services and adopt less these modern practices. For these more disadvantaged farmers, stagnation in milk yields and even declines–depending on the data source used–are observed.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMinten, Bart; Habte, Yetimwork; Tamru, Seneshaw; and Tesfaye, Agajie. 2020. The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 15(8): e023745. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456en
dcterms.issued2020-09-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146016en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134764en
dcterms.relationhttps://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/licos/publications/dp/dp422en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134733en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7376en
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectmilk productionen
dcterms.subjecttechnology adoptionen
dcterms.subjectmilken
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectdairy technologyen
dcterms.subjectdairy industryen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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