"Latest data from a UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report shows Somalia exported 4.9 million goats and sheep, 295,000 cattle and 72,000 camels last year."
that is 5.3 million livestock in 2015,the reason,there is simply a huge demand for somali livestock in Middleeast!
The growth has been boosted by continued export-focused interventions, “good prices”, and growing markets in the Middle East, analysts say.
“Somalia saw increased demand in 2015 for live animals in the Gulf, mainly due to increased investment in animal health services by FAO and other organizations, which is key condition imposed by the importing countries,” Saeed said.
Over 2,600 Somali camels were sold to Egypt in 2015, the first time since civil conflict broke out in Somalia some 25 years ago, the report said.
“Analysis of these average farm-gate prices indicates that Somali livestock producers could have earned more than 380 million dollars in 2015 from animal exports,” the report said.
Somalia’s Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Range, Said Hussein Iid, said the government was pleased with the remarkable growth in livestock exports, adding that there is still much more to do to grow this sector.
Richard Trenchard, FAO’s Country Representative for Somalia, said the UN agency would continue to mobilize technical and financial resources to ensure that Somalia’s livestock sector regains its past glossy as a major player in the global livestock industry. Enditem
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