Abstract
Ethiopia have huge number of livestock population first leading in Africa. In Ethiopian hide and skin quality very series due to major reasons being lack of modem slaughtering facilities, lack of knowledge and understanding of the correct methods of flaying and curing of the perishable hides and skins, quality deterioration, lack of incentive to supply good quality raw material to suppliers, and inadequate numbers of slaughterhouses and slabs , mechanical defects, poor nutrition, age of livestock, breed, climate, inadequate network of primary buyers, lack of facilities for slaughtering, preservation, storage, and transportation, “lack of incentives for improvement”, and limited effectiveness of government extension service, as well as other man-made and natural damage inflicted on the raw hides and skins, lack of marketing area ,low price , inadequate in preservation techniques and diseases are some factors of hide and skin quality in Ethiopia. And also most people do not preserve hide and skin before selling, this make putrefaction and this has a significant negative effect on the quality of the hides and skin. An in-depth study of the hide and skin quality management and marketing was necessary in order to gain an insight into marketing chain, the key factors involved and constraints attached to various stages of actors. Since the above factors have been an effect on quality of hide and skin, there is a need to assess quality management and marketing of hide and skin to fill the existing problem in in Ethiopia. Key words: Livestock, Africa, Slaughtering, Deterioration, Quality, Preservation DOI: 10.7176/DCS/11-2-01 Publication date: February 28 th 2021
Highlights
The lives of millions of families in different parts of the world are dependent on livestock production in general and hide and skins in particular as a source of income and for food security
Any hide or skin can be processed into leather various breeds of domestic cattle, sheep and goats provide the overwhelming majority of raw materials ((FAO, 2001)
The main constraints in the marketing of hides and skins included an inadequate network of primary buyers, lack of facilities for slaughtering, preservation, storage, and transportation, “lack of incentives for improvement”, and limited effectiveness of government extension service, as well as other manmade and natural damage inflicted on the raw hides and skins, which downgrade quality (Mohammed 2000)
Summary
The lives of millions of families in different parts of the world are dependent on livestock production in general and hide and skins in particular as a source of income and for food security. Any hide or skin can be processed into leather (and leather products) various breeds of domestic cattle, sheep and goats provide the overwhelming majority of raw materials ((FAO, 2001). About 90–95% of the hide and skin production is derived from urban as well as rural backyard slaughters, while the remaining 5–10% is produced from major urban slaughterhouses and export abattoirs (Ahmed, 2000). These operators use poorly equipped slaughter points, where the infrastructure is sometimes a slab of concrete, under a shade, or using poles for hoisting carcasses. Hides and skins are meat by-products and there is still little consideration given to the care required for the collection and processing of the hides and skins into high quality leather
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