Figure 2-4: Distribution of Cattle by region, October 1, 2008
SOURCE: Ministry of Agriculture et al., 2012 Goats and Sheep Sheep and goats contribute to about 22 percent of the national meat supply (Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, 2011). There are approximately 15.7 million goats in Tanzania. Regions with the highest goat populations are Shinyanga, Arusha and Manyara. Like cattle, a high percentage (97 percent) of goats on the mainland is indigenous type. There are approximately 5.7 million sheep, mostly in the northern regions of Arusha, Shinyanga and Manyara, but indigenous sheep production accounts for a smaller proportion of the livestock industry than goat production (Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, 2012). Pigs In 2008, the total number of pigs in the livestock sector was approximately 1.6 million, a 10 percent increase from 2003. The average number of pigs kept by pig-keeping households on the was three. The region with the most pigs was Mbeya, followed by the Iringa, Ruvuma and Kilimanjaro regions. (National Livestock Report, 2012). Slaughterhouses There are 85 slaughterhouses in regional and district slaughterhouse headquarters, and 1,000 slaughter slabs throughout district, divisions, wards and villages. There are seven abattoirs of which two deal with export of meat. These are the Dodoma Abattoir with the capacity to slaughter 214 cattle and 200 goats/sheep per day. The second one is Sumbawanga Agricultural & Animal Feeds Industries (SAAFI) in Sumbawanga with the capacity to slaughter 200 cattle and 200 goats/sheep per day (SAGCOT, 2012). There are an additional seven small-scale meat processing plants across Tanzania (International Livestock Research Institute, 2011).
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