Thanks to Luis Pitombo from Brazil for sharing information below about an Embrapa project which is introducing a similar type of technology (related to my email below).  The article is in Portuguese but the diagrams are interesting.  The technology offers opportunities for early take-off of animals in drought-stricken areas.  The challenge is looking at the economics of operations.

 

This might be a technology which is useful in high-density livestock areas (Sudan, Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Mali, BF, some parts of Uganda/Tanzania/Mauretania) but I wonder if it is appropriate for North Africa (it would seem to be high cost, both in terms of initial investment and operating costs).   I wonder if we could come up with some break-even estimates which would show how this technology could be geographically targeted.

 

Patti Negrave (Deputy Director, Red Meat Division of Ag-Canada) has also shared linked on several mobile slaughter facilities in North America (see below). USDA started looking at this technology in 2002.  The links below have some useful videos (sorry that they are in English!).  

 

En plus il y a des renseignements pour faire l’analyse financière de l’investissement et comment créer un “business plan” :  Small meat processors : developing a business plan.

http://www.mobilemeatprocessing.com/

http://www.nichemeatprocessing.org/mobile-unit-overview

 

Thanks Luis and Patti!  Very useful. Maybe there are opportunities for south-south cooperation in this area.  

Best,

Nancy

 

 

De : Luiz H. Pitombo [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Envoyé : mardi 5 janvier 2016 13:29
À : Morgan, Nancy (TCIC)
Objet : Re: Starting off the year with a look at new technologies which could support the development of a red meat industry (mobile slaughter units).

 Dear Nancy,

How are you ? Here in Brazil we have an projet also being implemented  by Embrapa about this kind of slaugher house.  See the link below..

Happy new year and all the best

 Luiz Pitombo, Journalist

 https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/4986946/abatedouro-movel-e-alternativa-para-pequena-producao-de-suinos

 Em 05/01/2016 08:38, Morgan, Nancy (TCIC) escreveu:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let’s start off the year with a look at innovative technologies which can revolutionize livestock industries around the world.  

This is being implemented in Hawaii but  commercial farmers in Namibia actually introduced something similar for slaughter of wild game.  VERY INTERESTING!   I view the abattoir as the nexus between animal and human health and the way forward to commercialize and add value to animal carcasses (which could filter down the value chain to producers).

How it is funded?

An initial $250,000 grant from the state Department of Agriculture served as seed money for the unit. Another $100,000 grant this year is helping equip and staff the trailer. An additional modular unit for cutting and wrapping meat will probably cost $200,000, Amado said.

Capacity?

The mobile slaughterhouse will be capable of processing eight to 10 head of cattle per day, 20 to 30 sheep or goats, and 15 to 20 hogs. The cost to the ranchers will be very similar to what they would pay if they took their animals to the island’s two inspected slaughterhouses in Paauilo and Hilo.

For more information read the article below:

Mobile Slaughter Unit Designed for Small Meat Producers 

 ALSO if you are interested in dialogue about livestock and climate change, the following article is interesting:  Cut meat consumption to combat climate change? Bah, humbug!  The article references a November report by Chatham House, a London-based think tank, which lays out a blueprint to achieve a meat tax which can be found at: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/changing-climate-changing-diets.  Obviously many of us working in developing countries would argue that the poor have a right to increase meat consumption from low levels, especially since livestock is important to livelihoods in many countries.   

 

Nancy Morgan

Agricultural Economist, Investment Officer (Agro-Economiste, Chargee de l'Investissement)

FAO, Sub-Regional Office for North Africa

Tunis, Tunisia

Phone: 216-71-906-553 (extension 233)

Fax: 216-71-901-859

Cell: 216-98-703-269

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