The estimates for sheep are 99.6% and 0.3% for local breeds and hybrids, respectively; for poultry 81.7%, 10.9%, and 7.4% are indigenous, hybrids and exotic, respectively. Nearly all goats (99.9%) are indigenous breeds (CSA, 2020a). 2 Corpus ID: 23944267; Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement @inproceedings{Gizaw2010SheepAG, title={Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement}, author={Solomon Gizaw and Azage Tegegne and Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dirk A. Hoekstra}, year={2010} } The total livestock population in Ethiopia in 2012 was estimated at 54 million cattle, 25.5 million sheep and 24.1 million goats (CSA, 2013); this stock number is placing Ethiopia first in Africa and ninth in the world. However, the stock number is high the production and productivity are very small. Ethiopia's annual exports of Review on Challenges and Opportunities Sheep Production: Ethiopia Addis Getu Department of Animal Production and Extension, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Gondar, Ethiopia 25 million sheep, 21 million goat, kept by smallholders and the rural poor including women 1.91million horse, 6.75million donkeys and 5 million camel In 2005 the American Institute for Goat Research of Langston University and Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX were awarded a $5.5 million grant from the USAID Mission in Ethiopia for a project entitled "Ethiopia Sheep and Goat Productivity Improvement Program." This 5-year program entails collaboration with the Ministry of In Ethiopia, goat production accounts for 16.8% of total meat supply and 16.7% of milk consumed in the country. The average annual meat consumption per capita is estimated to be 8kg/year which was lower than consumption of meat in the USA (124kg per capita per year) and that of the global average meat consumption. goat production system in Metama and Sekota administrative districts of Ethiopia. The result of this study also agreed with Addis (n.d) who reported that farmers in developing country like Ethiopia raise goats for meat and milk production. Endashaw (2007) and Tsegahun et al (2000) also reported that farmers of highlands in reared According to ''ref [11]'', the total annual meat production comes from cattle (63%), sheep (25%) and goats (12%). At the national level, sheep and goat account for about 90% of the live animal/meat and 92% of skin and hide export trade value. Sheep and goats represent an important component of the farming system by providing about A production handbook for sheep and goats in Ethiopia applicable to many areas of Africa and beyond. Supported by funding from USAID in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 3.3 Typology of production systems and subsystems in Ethiopia 7 3.4 Livestock distribution over different production systems 8 Table 48: Key demographic and production parameters of sheep and goats according to their production systems 72. viii Ethiopia livestock sector analysis Table 49: Main productivity parameters for sheep and goats 72 Sheep and Goat Production Handbook for Ethiopia 3 1.2. The Role of Sheep and Goats in Food and Economic Security Sheep and goats are among the major economically important livestock in Ethiopia. There are about 23.62 million sheep and 23.33 million goats (IBC, 2004) in the coun