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    Patterns Of Livestock Ownership And Distribution In Zimbabwe's Communal Areas

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    1991-07
    Author
    Christensen, Gary
    Zindi, Christopher
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    Abstract
    Communal farmers are the major owners of livestock in Zimbabwe. In 1988 they owned 68% of all cattle, 99% of all goats, 84% of all sheep, and 60% of all pigs. Moreover, this dominance of national livestock holdings is growing notably in the beef sector where communal farmers,have increased their share of the national beef herd from 55% in 1980 to 68% in 1988 ’(CSO, 1989) . These trends in ownership have two major implications: for agricultural policy. The immediate effect is a growing shortage of beef for domestic consumption, due to the much lower off-take rates in the communal sector (1%-3%) as opposed to the commercial sector (18%- 23%). Prime determinants of this low off-take rate include an average herd size of 7.1 cattle (MLARR), and the fact that Communal farmers value cattle for their contribution to crop production (through draft and manure); rather than as a direct source of cash income (Cousins, 1989). This later conflict between household needs for food /security and national requirements for meat production poses a major dilemma for policy-makers.
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    Christensen, G. & C. Zindi (1991) Patterns Of Livestock Ownership And Distribution In Zimbabwe's Communal Areas; AEE Working Paper no.4. Harare, Mt. Pleasant : AEE.
    http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/4741
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10646/1607
    Publisher
    Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension (AEE); University of Zimbabwe.
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Rural Development
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