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share of chicken meat consumption to
hygienic product or who want a more ‘conve-
total meat consumption is expected to
nient presentation.
rise from the current 5% to 30% by 2030

and will fill the expected gap between
While all challenges have to be addressed to
demand and supply of red meat.
maximize the benefit obtained from Poultry
• This transformation makes substantial
and Poultry products, the multifaceted nature
contributions to reducing poverty and
of the challenges calls for a multidisciplinary
malnutrition among rural and urban
approach and prioritization in addressing the
poor.
challenges. Along with other complementa-

ry interventions, MoA believes that the devel-

opment and effective implementation of legal
framework support will contribute towards

improving the poultry and poultry product’s

marketing system thereby increasing the con-
tribution of the resource to household, private

sector as well as the national economy.

Hence, there is a need to conduct an assess-

ment of the Ethiopian Poultry and Poultry
Products Marketing System with due emphasis

on Quality Based Payment System and develop

legal framework support and marketing strate-
gies for Poultry products at national level.

Government policy direction as articulated in

the Livestock Master Plan;

• Ethiopia will meet its chicken meat and
egg demand for its growing population

and produces surplus for export.

• The poultry sub-sector will move away

from the traditional backyard family sys-
tem (TFP) to improved (exotic, cross-

bred) family poultry (IFP).

• Because of this transformation, the
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