Ethiopia gains USD 82 mln. revenue from dairy exports

Published Jul 18, 2021

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The Meat and Milk Industry Development Institute in Ethiopia has reported a revenue of over 82 million USD from the export of milk and meat in the last fiscal year. The institute is capitalizing on the growing demand for camel and goat milk in neighboring countries and is working to increase productivity to meet this demand. Despite Ethiopia having the largest livestock population in Africa, the economic benefit from the sector is insignificant due to infrastructure challenges. However, the government is focusing on infrastructural development to improve the situation. The institute is also collaborating with the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority to ensure quality in the sector.

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Addis Ababa — The Meat and Milk Industry Development Institute stated that it has earned over 82 million USD from exporting milk and meat during last Ethiopian fiscal year. Institute Deputy Director General, Sahilu Mulu,told The Ethiopia Press Agency that currently neighboring countries' demand for camel and goat milk has been increasing. Ethiopia has in turn exert utmost effort to scale up meat and milk productivity to well quench their rising demand. Ethiopia has taken the lead in terms of in livestock populationin Africa though the economic benefit out of of the sector is insignificant. Now, the Institute is working hard in collaboration with other stakeholders, especially with the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority to tackle the problem regarding quality. He also pointed out that despite the availability of meat and milk production in every rural areas, it is difficult to bring it to central markets due to poor infrastructures, in return which caused the rise in price of milk ...

Source: All Africa