Azage Tegegne

In: UA Magazine No. 12 - Gender and Urban Agriculture

Urban livestock production plays a substantial role in the food security of the city. Yet urban livestock keepers are still receiving little attention in terms of policy, and institutional and technical supports targeted at their needs. In Ethiopia, women perform 70% of the livestock production activities. Milk processing and marketing activities are mainly done by women, while selling and buying livestock is exclusively the men's responsibility. Women make important contributions to food production through the long hours they spend on the farm caring for household animals, selling farm products and processing food.