Survey on Socio-Economic Values and Challenges of Camel Production

A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted in three districts; Gode Ber’ano and Adadle of the Somali regional state from November 2017 to April 2018. The objectives of this study was to identify and have a background data on the social and economic values associated with the production marketing and consumption of camel and its products to investigate on the cultural and environmental factors influencing the production marketing and consumption of camels and its products To investigate on the challenges and opportunities that women production and marketing of camel milk and meat are facing along the chain of production to end-users. Semi-structured pre-tested questionnaires supplemented with a face-to-face group and/or single interviews were administered to a total of 360 household respondents from the three study districts.