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With some exceptions, tsetse fly infestation limited
livestock
production in savanna regions as did the absence of forage
in the
forest zone. Consequently, there were few pastoral groups
in Côte
d'Ivoire, and the country's livestock population was
unable to meet
domestic needs. In 1985 there were approximately 843,000
cattle,
most of which were of the small, humpless N'dama breed.
There were
also 1.5 million sheep, 430,000 swine, 1.5 million goats,
and 16
million poultry.
In 1987 the livestock sector contributed about 6
percent of
agricultural output. About half of that total came from
poultry and
egg production, about one-quarter came from cattle, and
the
remainder came from sheep and goats. Although virtually
all poultry
consumed in Côte d'Ivoire was produced locally, domestic
beef
production met only about 40 percent of demand. The
remainder
entered as live cattle from Mali and Burkina Faso or as
slaughtered
meat from Western Europe, Argentina, or southern Africa.
In the
1980s, the government sought to strengthen livestock
production by
providing education and training in modern animal
husbandry and by
introducing large-scale cattle fattening centers near
Bouaké and
Abidjan.
Data as of November 1988
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