Addis Ababa, June 8,2015 (WIC) ¬- The Ministry of Agriculture says the production of milk and meat have increased three folds in the past five years period of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP).
Animal Fodder Development Drector with the Ministry, Tadesse Sori told WIC that the total yield of milk product of the nation was 1.5 billion liters in 2010, which reached 5 billion liters in the last budget year of the GTP period.
Tadesse added that the total production of meat has also risen to 1.5 million tons in 2105 from 500,000 tons in 2010.
According to Tadesse, strengthening of animal fodder supply, improvement of watersheds and rehabilitations of grazing lands were undertaken to increase animal productivity across the nation.
Ethiopia is leading in Africa and ranked tenth in livestock resources with a total population of 54 million cattle, 2.5 million camels, 50 million sheep and goats, WIC learnt.