Considering the size of the human population that depends on livestock production in both region as well as country wise, the development of domestic and export markets is critical to alleviating poverty, raising revenues and continuing the trend towards more market ‐ orientation. It is keen to promote the export of live animals and meat with a growing interest in value addition by maximizing export revenues, creating jobs and offsetting the limitations arising from Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary requirements for live animal exports. By and large, these include establishing relevant government departments/ministries, policy initiatives to promote agricultural development, poverty reduction, accelerated economic growth policy frameworks and the …show more content…
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