Consumer demand for sheep and goat meat in Kenya

Juma, G.P.; Ngigi, Margaret; Baltenweck, Isabelle; Drucker, Adam G.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.12.002

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“…Musyoka et al [28] for instance, examined consumption patterns in urban areas and the implications to urban food security, and Gamba [27] characterized consumption of meat products and eggs in Nairobi city, while Bouis et al [26] looked at the reliability of food expenditure information from Kenya and Philippines. Moreover, Chantylew and Belete [29] assessed the demand for beef, mutton and goat, pork, and chicken between 1961 and 1991 and demand for sheep and goat meat [30] among others. Several approaches to estimate demand for livestock meat in general have been utilized in various studies both in the developed and developing countries.…”

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Demand for Meat in the Rural and Urban Areas of Kenya: A Focus on the Indigenous Chicken

Bett

Musyoka

Peters

et al. 2012

Economics Research International

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This study intends to estimate the demand for indigenous chicken meat in Kenya, including other available meat products for comparison purposes. Data used was collected from six counties. A total 930 rural and urban households were sampled. Linear Approximated Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) model was used to obtain the demand elasticities and to examine the socioeconomic and demographic factors influencing the meat budget shares. The results ascertain that the socio-demographic factors such as household location, the proportion of household members and the family size are important factors in explaining perceived variations in the consumption of meat products. Indigenous chicken meat, beef and mutton, were identified as necessities. Indigenous chicken meat and beef were identified as substitutes while indigenous chicken, goat and exotic chicken meats were complements. In view of the high expenditure elasticities, therefore, considering a policy option that would enhance consumer income is desirable, since it will result in high consumption thereby providing more incentives for production of meat products. The information generated would be more beneficial to the interest groups in the livestock sector as a whole. This would be utilised in the formulation of effective policies in line with food security and poverty alleviation.

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Section: Demand Systems Analysis Approachmentioning

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Demand for Meat in the Rural and Urban Areas of Kenya: A Focus on the Indigenous Chicken

Bett

Musyoka

Peters

et al. 2012

Economics Research International

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“…The goat population has increased by 14% over the last six years. The growth of the goat sub-sector is attributable to increasing local and regional demand for better human nutrition especially meat [5,7,8]. The major indigenous goat breeds in Uganda include: Mubende, Kigezi, and Small East African (SEA).…”

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Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Production in a Rural Agro-pastoral System of Uganda

Byaruhanga¹,

Oluka²,

Olinga³

2015

ujar

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A study was conducted to document the socio-economic aspects of goat production in Teso region, Uganda. Data was collected by using a questionnaire administered to 114 purposively selected goat owners. Majority (87%) of de fecto household heads were male. About 41.2% of the farmers were aged ≥51 years. The average number of goats per household was 9.2 (range 3-31). Most farmers (63.2%) owned ≤5 acres of land. Indigenous goats were mainly acquired by buying (85%) while exotic goats and their crosses were acquired from government programs (34%). Goats have a number of roles, though mainly kept as a source of cash income (98.2%), followed by socio-cultural values (69.3%). A large percentage of farmers (67%) earned ≤US $40 p.a from goat production. The biggest problem in marketing of goats was high taxation. Majority of goat owners were men (84.86%) but a few cases (average 15.14%) of women that owned goats independently were also reported. Women and children participated less in decision making, although they were responsible for many goat production related activities. In conclusion, goat production can play an important role in improving rural livelihoods. Commercialisation, especially targeting women and youths would be desirable for improved profitability of smallholder production systems.

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“…b Along these lines, there are in general little research available identifying determinants of sheep and goat consumption (see e.g., Juma et al (2010) or Bernabéu et al (2012) for exceptions).…”

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Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

Aepli

Finger

2013

Agric Econ

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In this study, we estimated the influence of different meat prices, socio-demographic and geographic variables on sheep and goat meat demand using the Swiss household expenditure survey from 2000 to 2005, a micro data set on 20,940 households resident in Switzerland. This study is motivated by the fact that sheep and goats play a major economic role especially for small farms in Swiss agriculture and contribute to conservation of landscape and biodiversity especially in the mountain regions. Considering the high share of households with zero consumption for sheep and goat meat, we estimated a Tobit-model. Missing prices are replaced by monthly, regional market prices where possible, or by quality adjusted prices based on unit values. Our results show that pork is a substitute for sheep and goat meat, whereas beef is a complementary good, and that socio-demographic variables like education or the presence of children and geographic variables are important in determining demand of sheep and goat meat.

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Consumer demand for sheep and goat meat in Kenya

Cited by 31 publications

References 3 publications

Demand for Meat in the Rural and Urban Areas of Kenya: A Focus on the Indigenous Chicken

Demand for Meat in the Rural and Urban Areas of Kenya: A Focus on the Indigenous Chicken

Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Production in a Rural Agro-pastoral System of Uganda

Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

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