date:Jul 03, 2012
aid:There is an increasing gap between the rising population, food demand and the growth of agricultural output. Africas wealth is growing due to higher commodity prices, so demand is for proteins.
Beef consumption in Africa is around 5m tonnes per year, which equates to 5kg per person per year. However, Garnier predicted that this was due to grow as the population in Africa increases along with their aspiration to consume a Western diet.
Garnier also highlighted that livestock distribution sy