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BookletAnalysing beef price incentives to strengthen policies for production and exports in Uganda
Technical note
2023Also available in:
No results found.In Uganda, 58 percent of households depend on livestock for their livelihoods, with cattle being the most important livestock subsector in the country. Despite natural pastures, water resources, and big demand in national and world markets, beef production in Uganda grew by only 1 percent in the last decade, and lags behind local demand. In the last decade, the government has adopted several policies within the framework of the National Development Plan, aimed at increasing domestic beef production and exports. This report assesses the effects of policy support on the beef sector in Uganda over the last four years (2017–2020), and also includes previous analysis on live cattle for the period 2005–2016. To measure price incentives, the study relies on renowned indicators; the nominal rate of protection, nominal rate of assistance and the market development gap. The results reveal that in the past (2011–2016) breeders were penalized by low prices, while recently they benefitted from prices above the international-equivalent, mainly due to restrictions on cattle movement due to a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, which increased domestic prices. The persistent gaps between domestic and international prices can also be explained by the very limited price transmission and weak market integration of the beef value chain in Uganda. FMD is a critical issue to tackle to improve beef commercialization and competitiveness, together with the significant value chain inefficiencies, such as high transport costs and the presence of informal fees, that still hinder marketing and profitability of this sector. -
Book (stand-alone)Enhancing Uganda's dairy export edge
A comprehensive competitiveness analysis
2024Also available in:
No results found.Uganda’s dairy industry, a key sector within the country’s third National Development Plan, has experienced remarkable growth in the last decade, with raw-milk production rising from 1.9 billion litres in 2014 to 2.8 billion litres in 2021, contributing 6.5 percent to agricultural GDP. However, the sector faces challenges including seasonal supply fluctuations, disease outbreaks, limited market diversification, and heavy reliance on Kenya for its dairy exports. In response, Uganda’s Dairy Development Authority (DDA) – supported by FAO’s AgrInvest in Uganda project and FAO’s Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies programme – devised a Dairy Policy Action Plan in 2022 to boost the sector further and address issues through targeted policy interventions.One area to tackle in the DPAP is to enhance Uganda’s dairy export edge by identifying high-potential dairy products and new or existing markets for them. Current exports are concentrated in four key products – non-concentrated milk, low-fat and high-fat concentrated milk, and milk-derived fats and oils – dominating 90 percent of exports, with high demand from Kenya. But diversification is crucial for long-term resilience and greater growth. The report looks at the country’s dairy export competitiveness in terms of specialization patterns, export growth, export-relative prices, and where Ugandan dairy firms figure on the competitiveness ladder. It also analyses Uganda’s dairy imports, as well as the characteristics of Ugandan exporting and importing firms, and discusses informal trade in dairy. The report closes with conclusions and policy recommendations to boost dairy exports and thus strengthen the overall dairy sector bringing with it wider socioeconomic benefits for Uganda. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)The technology of traditional milk products in developing countries 1990
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No results found.milk as a raw material. Traditional milk products are prepared from milk from several species:- indigenous cattle and exotic dairy breeds, buffalo, sheep, goats, yaks and camel. The role of the individual species varies dramatically from region to region and within countries of the same region. The composition of milk of different species has important influences on the yield of traditional milk products e.g. high fat-producing species are of major importance in countries where ghee is an i mportant product. The availability of milk for the preparation of traditional milk products depends not only on the total amount of milk produced in a country but also on how much of the milk is dispatched to industrial dairy factories and how much is retained by the milk producer for the direct use of the household, or for the preparation of milk products for local sale, or for use in calf rearing. Countries with proportionally the highest quantities of milk being used for preparation of traditional milk products on the producer's farm or household, or local small processing units tend to have the less well developed dairy industry. It should be recognised that factors such as the standard of road and rail links between the milk-producing areas and the urban areas is of importance in determining how milk is utilised. Animal breeding and feeding pose major problems to the small milk producer where traditional milk products are important and technical support services are comm only absent or insufficient. milking conditions and hygiene. The general standard of hygiene applied to milk production in developing countries is poor and as a result the quality of milk is poor.
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