List three provinces where beef cattle are found​

1. Western provinces

1. Western provinces2. Northern province

1. Western provinces2. Northern province3. Southern province

Explanation:

1. The small scale cattle farmers are small family holdings characterized by low input and low output. Large numbers of cattle can however also be found under this sector particularly in the southern and western provinces. Productivity per animal in this sector is of minor importance, perhaps because traditionally farmers believe in numbers of animals and only producing enough for their families rather than for sale. Cattle husbandry in the commercial and traditional sectors play different roles and therefore it is important to discuss the two separately.

2. The population growth rate of 3% per annum means more mounths to be feed by the turn of the century, signifying that the country is faced with a battle to attain at least a similar, but preferably higher increment in milk and meat production. In particular, demand for milk and milk products has been increasing rapidly in most provinces including those where milk was not common in the diet, for instance in parts of the northern province. Since 1975 milk consumption has been on the decline, for example, Antene (1991). But this decline has been due to the fall in real incomes which has seriously eroded the purchasing power of the consumers.

The population growth rate of 3% per annum means more mounths to be feed by the turn of the century, signifying that the country is faced with a battle to attain at least a similar, but preferably higher increment in milk and meat production. In particular, demand for milk and milk products has been increasing rapidly in most provinces including those where milk was not common in the diet, for instance in parts of the northern province. Since 1975 milk consumption has been on the decline, for example, Antene (1991). But this decline has been due to the fall in real incomes which has seriously eroded the purchasing power of the consumers.3. Cattle were used as a means of trade in the pre-colonial days. Excavations at a place called Ing'ombe Illede (the sleeping cow), in the southern province have supported this. Cattle have been and still are used in marriage ceremonies. In some cases the value of a daughter is determined by how many heads of cattle the would-be husband has to pay to marry her. It is used as a guarantee of security and as a symbol of wealth, and it is perhaps because of this that the traditional cattle keepers prefer quantity to quality.