Oltukai Conservancy

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Feb 07 2008 | By: admin

The current Research done in the Regions of Tanzania, focusing on the Livestock trade systems from the producers through primary and second day market and at the slaughtering houses. The study shows that, the Livestock sector contribute 18% of Tanzania Gross Domestic Point(GDP) and 30% of the Agricultural GDP out of these 40% comes from Beef production, 30% from milk and another 30% from poultry and small stock production(the research was done under TAPHGO-Tanzania Pastoralists Hunters and Gathers Organization).
Despite of its significant contribution to the DGP, Pastoralism as Livestock Production system is either not well understood or Wrongly perceived by many livestock development stakeholders including Scientists and policy Makers.
The Traditional Livestock breeds are commonly considered unproductive meaning that such animal have low levels of Outputs. In this productivity implies some relationships between inputs and outputs whereas production is merely an outputs functions.The great advantages of the Traditional Livestock breeds as their adoption to the stressful local nutritional, Health and management environment and their ability to produce any output at all. The Pastoralism has got bad name for Dertification though not faults of its own and this has seriously undermined the regulation of a basic good management system in the mind many decision makers. Pastoralism has progressively been flattened attributed by the belief that the marginal areas(Rangelands) could contribute more the country under different production systems, as extensive Pastoralist systems are unproductive.
The study has proved significantly that pastoralism contributes a lot to the Livestock markets in Tanzania as well as National economy. For instance between 1992-2000 out of the total stocks in the primary markets, 39% were Shinyanga Region, 25% from Arusha, 19% from mwanza and 18% from Dodoma. Just to mention a few.
The level of Taxes and benefits from the Livestock trade Industry, I e, the case study of Arusha meat company indicates that pastoralists and Agro-pastoralists support large group of people and business. The policies related to Livestock trade systems should support these groups with clear activities geared improving productivity and building market structures to improve efficiency.
Tanzania has tremendous potential for meat processing Industry with adequate stocks supplies to sustain Market. protection of pastoralism equates protection of wildlife in Tanzania. There is a great interaction with Wildlife and the Domesticated Animals. They can graze together since some of them are Browsers like antelopes and goats.
According the lifestyle and maasai mode of grazing Livestock, they can balance the wildlife and livestock.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Boniface Ngimojino.