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Economic analysis of nomadic pastoral livestock family enterprises in Somalia, Case study of Guriel District in Galmudug State of Somalia

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Livestock Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Selçuk University, Selçuklu 42130, Turkiye
  • 2Department of Livestock Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Selçuk University, Selçuklu 42130, Turkiye

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 11, Issue (1), Pages 42-48, March,8 (2023)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the socio-economic characteristics and investigate the economic contribution of pastoral livestock family enterprises in Guriel district of Galgadud region in Somalia. The main materials of the study are data obtained through using questionnaires from 50 nomadic livestock farms in Guriel district in the production period of 2020. The Random sampling method was used as the sampling method. According to the results of the study, labor costs take the first place with 41.5% among the cost elements that make up the cost of enterprises, followed by the food and non-food household consumption costs (29.5%), water costs (%12,1), amortization (%10,0), veterinary-service costs (%4,2), transport costs (%1,5) and marketing costs (%1,2). On the other hand, it has been determined that %33,8 of the revenue is obtained from the inventory value increase, %30,1 from the goat sales, 16,7% from the sheep sales %7,0 from the camel milk, %6,0 from the kids sales revenue, %3,0 from the camel sales and 3,4 from the value of milk consumed at home. The annual net profit of the nomadic livestock enterprises in this study area was 159 USD.

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