@article{Soliman:210052,
      recid = {210052},
      author = {Soliman, Ibrahim},
      title = {Present Situation and Future Perspective of Buffalo  Production in Africa},
      address = {2009-10-29},
      number = {1860-2016-152975},
      series = {6th Asian Buffalo Congress on "Buffalo-Prospective Animal  for Milk and Meat Enterprise" University of Veterinary and  Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan},
      pages = {22},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2009},
      note = {6th Asian Buffalo Congress on "Buffalo-Prospective Animal  for Milk and Meat Enterprise" University of Veterinary and  Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan},
      abstract = {Although buffalo populations expand in 43 courtiers in the  world, only four countries are producing more than 98% of  the world buffalo milk in 2007 and around 73% of the world  buffalo meat in the same year. These are China, Egypt,  India and Pakistan. Egypt is almost the only country in  Africa that raises Buffalo. Accordingly, this study focuses  upon the Present Situation and Future Perspective of  Buffalo Production in Egypt. Although there was a growth  rate in the number milking animals the percentage of  milking buffaloes in the total stock, has decreased from  about 46% to 42% along the period (1991¬2007). The average  annual milk yield per head increased from 957 kilograms in  1991 to about 1394 in 2007, at an annual growth rate 3%.  There was an increase in the number of slaughtered animals  at 1.5% a year as swell as an increase in the average  carcass weight from 133 Kg to 174 Kg at annual rate of 1.9%  over the last three decades The buffaloes share by one half  of milk and around 42% of red meat production. The buffalo  production systems recognize higher profitability and  return to investment, and lower net cost of 1-kilogram of  milk (4% fat), than cattle, even the exotic breeds.  Estimating the nominal protection coefficient for buffalo  milk and meat production in Egypt showed that Egypt has  apparent comparative advantage in producing milk rather  than meat from buffalo. Therefore, the development plan  should focus upon raising buffalo milk productivity, Making  meat Production as a secondary Joint product  from buffalo  ‘s  enterprise. As the progressive buffalo farms showed  potential productive and reproductive performances, they  should be as nucleus farms that provide the traditional  farms with improved genetic makeup.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/210052},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.210052},
}