{"id":22068,"date":"2025-03-14T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:41:07","slug":"ethiopia-almost-doubles-milk-production-in-36-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/03\/14\/ethiopia-almost-doubles-milk-production-in-36-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia almost doubles milk production in 36 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A crossbreeding initiative, feed improvements and infrastructural upgrades have gifted Ethiopia with 12 billion liters of milk, almost double 2022\u2019s production.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-xl\/africa\/top-stories\/dairy-sector-sees-rapid-growth-nearly-doubling-milk-production-ministry-of-agriculture\/ar-AA1AT0Ue?ocid=BingNewsSerp\"><em><u><em>Yeremat Tirufat\u00a0<\/em><\/u><\/em><\/a>or \u201cBounty of the Basket\u201d initiative, crossbreeding has grown eightfold in three years and increased milk volumes. \u00a0Hence the project could help reduce annual imports of dairy products and alleviate above-average\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/ethiopia\/milk-cream\/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20price%20of%20milk%20%26%20cream,exact%20prices%20of%20milk%20%26%20cream%20in%20Ethiopia\"><u>prices<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ethiopia New Agency, annual crossbreeding counts spiked from 500,000 head of cattle to 1.2 million in the initiative\u2019s first year, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years on, the Minister of Agriculture Fikru Regassa fast-tracked progress at 2.4 million crossbred animals in the 2023-24 period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halfway through its third year or 2024-25 period, the project currently boasts 2 million crossbred head. The minister expects this count to hit a record target of 3.8 million cattle later this fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asserts that it is  crossbreeding that has rallied the national milk output far above the 5.8 billion liters of 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The improvement could propel Ethiopia into the top cream of Africa\u2019s leading milk-producing nations. The last tally in 2022 had put the East African nation at number four after Sudan, Kenya and the leader, Egypt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dairy-infrastructure\"><strong>Dairy Infrastructure<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides milk yields, \u201cBounty of the Basket\u201d is also developing livestock infrastructure, primarily via Artificial Insemination (AI) and\u00a0<a href=\"#:~:text=Ethiopia%27s%20dairy%20industry%20is%20experiencing%20a%20significant%20upswing%2C,cattle%20has%20increased%20eightfold%20over%20the%20same%20period.\"><u>liquid nitrogen<\/u><\/a>\u00a0utilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While AI is the key to breeding, liquid nitrogen facilitates the application of this reproduction technique and also enables freeze-branding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countrywide dairy processing facilities could also expand to accommodate rising capacities. As of 2022, such plants numbered 45 and had selective distribution in dairy cattle zones across Ethiopia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By June 2023, co-operative-, private- and government-run plants had a capacity for processing&nbsp;<a href=\"#!po=30.8824\"><u>4.69 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;per year. Key facilities for&nbsp;<em>ayib&nbsp;<\/em>(cheese),&nbsp;<em>arera<\/em>&nbsp;(butter),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/70-foods-that-start-with-k\/\"><u>kefir<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>ergo&nbsp;<\/em>(yogurt) processing are situated in the Addis, Awassa, and Bahir Dar areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It therefore looks like producers of whole milk and processed dairy are reaping the fruits of a successful crossbreading intiative in Ethiopia. Regarding which, below statistics give the bigger picture of the country\u2019s milk sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ethiopia-milk-statistics\"><strong>Ethiopia Milk Statistics&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopia ranks a top 4 milk-producing nations in Africa and the 34<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0biggest worldwide, as of 2022. The average annual dairy production, inclusive of milk solids, oscillates between 4.48 million tonnes (2022) and\u00a0<a href=\"#!po=30.8824\"><u>4.69 million t<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(2023). By 2024, raw milk production was at nearly\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-xl\/africa\/top-stories\/dairy-sector-sees-rapid-growth-nearly-doubling-milk-production-ministry-of-agriculture\/ar-AA1AT0Ue?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">12 billion liters<\/a><\/u>, according to data by the Ministry of Agriculture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is Ethiopia\u2019s milk processing developed<\/strong>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While an impressive producer of milk, Ethiopia faces processing constraints. By mid-2023 there were 45 facilities, 31 of these operating at 28% of their full capability due to incapacitation. Besides, private entities produce just 2.6% of the country\u2019s total processing capacity of\u00a0<a href=\"#!po=30.8824\"><u>1,200 tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of milk solids per day, as of 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is milk consumption high in Ethiopia<\/strong>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milk consumption in Ethiopia averages 20-25 liters (l) per person per year (2017), according to the European Union-supported\u00a0<a href=\"#:~:text=Average%20annual%20milk%20consumption%20per%20person%20in%20Ethiopia,habit%20of%20pasteurized%20milk%20is%20underdeveloped%20among%20adults.\"><u>CDAIS<\/u><\/a>\u00a0initiative. \u00a0This milk per capita is roughly 11% of the annual recommendation of 205 l by the World Health Organization (WHO). As such, it compares poorly to regional competitors. In 2017, neighbors Sudan and Kenya had annual milk per capita of 180 l and 120 l, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the distribution chain set up of milk in Ethiopia<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slightly under half of Ethiopia\u2019s milk undergoes distribution, using the example of 2018. Of 2018\u2019s total milk production at 4.4 bilion l, distribution represented 43% while rural usage claimed 57%. The distributed portion mainly featured processed packet milk, cheese and yogurt while whole milk made up the rest. In total, around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/documents\/gain-briefing-paper-series-7-dairy-in-ethiopia.pdf\"><u>3.08 billion l<\/u><\/a>\u00a0or 70% of the 2018 production ended up in human consumption. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crossbreeding initiative, feed improvements and infrastructural upgrades have gifted Ethiopia with 12 billion liters of milk, almost double 2022\u2019s production.\u00a0 Under the\u00a0Yeremat Tirufat\u00a0or \u201cBounty of the Basket\u201d initiative, crossbreeding has grown eightfold in three years and increased milk volumes. \u00a0Hence the project could help reduce annual imports of dairy products and alleviate above-average\u00a0prices.\u00a0 According&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.3 (Yoast SEO v20.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ethiopia almost doubles milk production in 36 months - Selina Wamucii | Food &amp; 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