SOMALIA Livestock Price Bulletin April 2021

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.

The livestock sector is central to the economic and cultural life of the Somali people. The sector provides food and income to over 60 percent of the country’s population. Burao and Galkayo are the largest livestock markets in the Horn of Africa especially for export sheep and goats from the Somali region of Ethiopia and parts of southern . The majority of the livestock exported through Berbera and Bosasso seaports transit or pass through these markets. Burao and Galkayo are two important reference markets for key pastoral livelihood zones of Hawd, Sool Plateau, Nugaal valley, and the Adun in the northeast and central regions. Beled Weyne connects the south and central regions of the country, and is the supply source of export cattle through Bosasso port. Dinsor, , and Afmadow are important cattle markets in the agro pastoral livelihood zones in southern Somalia. Significant number of the cattle trekked to Garissa, transit these markets. Afmadow is largest cattle market in southern Somalia. It is the reference market for the largest cattle belt in the Juba valley. It is Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges the joint the main source of the cross border cattle trade to the Garissa, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU)/FEWS Mombasa, and Nairobi markets in Kenya. NET Somalia market monitoring system for providing the market data and information used to produce this report.

5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21

Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Bossaso Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Dhusamareb, Gadon 2,400,000 1800000 1600000 2,000,000 1400000 1,600,000 1200000 1,200,000 1000000

SOS/each 800000

800,000 SOS/each 600000 400,000 400000 200000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Erigavo Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Hargeisa 2,100,000 600000 1,800,000 500000

1,500,000 400000 1,200,000 300000 900,000 SOS/each SOS/each 200000 600,000 300,000 100000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

FEWS NET Somalia FEWS NET is a USAID-funded activity. The content of this report does not [email protected] necessarily reflect the view of the United States Agency for International www.fews.net Development or the United States Government SOMALIA Livestock Price Bulletin April 2021

5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21

Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Hudur Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in 1,400,000 2000000 1,200,000 1600000 1,000,000

800,000 1200000 SOS/each 600,000

SOS/each 800000 400,000 400000 200,000

0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Goats (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Lasanod Goats (Export Quality): Nominal retail prices in Baidao 3200000 3000000

2800000 2500000 2400000 2000000 2000000 1600000 1500000 SOS/each SOS/each 1200000 1000000 800000 500000 400000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Goats (Export Quality): Nominal retail prices in Burao Goats (Export Quality): Nominal retail prices in Galkayo 700000 3200000

600000 2800000 2400000 500000 2000000 400000 1600000 300000 SLS/each SOS/each 1200000 200000 800000 100000 400000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Goats (Export Quality): Nominal retail prices in Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Togwajale Afmadow 600000 8000000

500000 7000000 6000000 400000 5000000 300000 4000000 SLS/each 200000 SOS/each 3000000 2000000 100000 1000000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Famine Early Warning Systems Network 2 SOMALIA Livestock Price Bulletin April 2021

5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21

Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Baidoa Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Bardera

6000000 6000000

5000000 5000000

4000000 4000000

3000000 3000000 SOS/each SOS/each 2000000 2000000

1000000 1000000

0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Dinsor Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Jowhar

4000000 9000000 8000000 7000000 3000000 6000000 5000000 2000000 4000000 SOS/each SOS/each 3000000 1000000 2000000 1000000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Qorioley Cattle (Local Quality): Nominal retail prices in Togwajale 5000000 4000000 4500000 3500000 4000000 3000000 3500000 3000000 2500000 2500000 2000000 SLS/each SOS/each 2000000 1500000 1500000 1000000 1000000 500000 500000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Abudwak Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Bardera 60000 30000

50000 25000

40000 20000

30000 15000 SOS/liter SOS/liter 20000 10000

10000 5000

0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Famine Early Warning Systems Network 3 SOMALIA Livestock Price Bulletin April 2021

5 Year Average 2015/16 - 2019/20 Previous Year 2019/20 Current Year 2020/21

Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Bossaso Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Burao

70000 12000

60000 10000 50000 8000 40000 6000 SLS/liter 30000 SOS/liter 4000 20000 2000 10000

0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Doblei Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in El Barde

30000 60000

25000 50000

20000 40000

15000 30000 SOS/liter SOS/liter 10000 20000

5000 10000

0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Hargeisa Camel's Milk (raw): Nominal retail prices in Togwajale 8000 7000 7000 6000

6000 5000 5000 4000 4000 SLS/liter

SLS/liter 3000 3000 2000 2000 1000 1000 0 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Famine Early Warning Systems Network 4