Opportunities and Challenges for Pastoral Beef Cattle Production in Ethiopia

Table 1

The recently identified constraints of beef cattle production/fattening practice in different parts of the country as expressed by farmers.

Location in Ethiopia	Challenges	Rank	References
East Shoa, Oromia	Feed scarcity	1	[56]
	Market fluctuation	2
	Diseases	3
Hadiya, southern	Shortage of feed	1	[57]
	Lack of good management	2
	Incidence of drought	3
Tigray, northern	Shortage of feed	1	[58]
	Shortage water	2
	Lack of market access	3
Somali, eastern	Disease and absence of veterinary service	1	[59]
	Road for transportation	2
	Poor market information	3
Jimma, western	Feed shortage	1	[60]
	Market problem	2
	Disease	3
Omo, southern	Lack of feed	1	[61]
	Incidence of drought	2
	Diseases and parasites	3
Burie, Amhara	Shortage of feed and water; limited knowledge; poor genetic potential of cattle	123	[62]