Population, distribution, biomass, and economic value of equids in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationGlobal Burden of Animal Diseases Programmeen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Gondaren
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Brookeen
cg.contributor.affiliationBrooke Ethiopiaen
cg.contributor.donorBrookeen
cg.contributor.donorHorse Trusten
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierTheo Knight-Jones: 0000-0003-4342-6055en
cg.creator.identifierWudu Temesgen Jemberu: 0000-0002-3769-307Xen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295388.s001en
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295388.s002en
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295388.s003en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295388en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1932-6203en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalPLOS ONEen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume19en
dc.contributor.authorAsteraye, Girma B.en
dc.contributor.authorPinchbeck, G.en
dc.contributor.authorKnight-Jones, Theodore J.D.en
dc.contributor.authorSaville, K.en
dc.contributor.authorTemesgen, Wuduen
dc.contributor.authorHailemariam, A.en
dc.contributor.authorRushton, J.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T16:20:14Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-27T16:20:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140641
dc.titlePopulation, distribution, biomass, and economic value of equids in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstract<b>Background</b> Equids play a crucial role in the Ethiopian economy, transporting agricultural inputs and outputs in the dominant subsistence agricultural systems and the critical link for value chains throughout the country. However, these species are often neglected in policies and interventions, which reflects the data and information gaps, particularly the contribution of working equids to Ethiopia. <b>Objective</b> To assess population dynamics, distribution, biomass, and economic value of equids in Ethiopia. <b>Materials and methods</b> Equine population data were obtained from the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency (CSA) annual national agriculture surveys published yearbooks from 2004 to 2020. Parameters such as the number of effective service days and daily rental value were obtained from interviews and literature to estimate the stock monetary and service value of equids. Descriptive statistics were used to assess population dynamics and the geographical distribution was mapped. <b>Results</b> The estimated total Ethiopian equid population increased by more than doubled (by 131%) between 2004 and 2020 from 5.7 (4.9–6.6) million to 13.3 (11.6–15) million with 2.1 million horses, 10.7 million donkeys, and 380 thousand mules. Similarly, the number of households owning a working equid has increased. Equine populations are unevenly distributed across Ethiopia, although data were lacking in some districts of the country. The per human-capita equine population ranged from 0–0.52, 0–0.13, and 0–0.02 for donkeys, horses, and mules, respectively. The equid biomass was 7.4 (6.3–8.4) million Tropical livestock unit (TLU) (250 kg liveweight), 10% of total livestock biomass of the country. The stock monetary value of equids was USD 1,229 (651–1,908) million, accounting for 3.1% of total livestock monetary value and the services value of equids was USD 1,198 (825–1,516) million, which is 1.2% of Ethiopian 2021 expected GDP. <b>Conclusion</b> The Ethiopian equine population has grown steadily over the last two decades. Equids play a central role in transportation and subsistence agriculture in Ethiopia and contribute significantly to the national economy. This pivotal role is insufficiently recognized in national livestock investments.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-03-22en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAsteraye, G.B., Pinchbeck, G., Knight-Jones, T., Saville, K., Temesgen, W., Hailemariam, A. and Rushton, J. 2024. Population, distribution, biomass, and economic value of equids in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE 19(3): e0295388.en
dcterms.extente0295388en
dcterms.issued2024-03-22en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dcterms.subjectdonkeysen
dcterms.subjecthorsesen
dcterms.subjectmulesen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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