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Table 2 Frequently mentioned reason(s) for selling different camel classes in pastoral and peri-urban systems
Camel class | Production system | Total sales ( N) | Reasons for selling (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Livelihood needs | Direct investments | Disease cases | Poor performance | Destocking | |||
Overall | Pastoral | 140 | 65.0 | 26.4 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
Peri-urban | 168 | 67.9 | 22.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 2.4 | |
Heifers | Pastoral | 16 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Peri-urban | 8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Steers (≤4 years) | Pastoral | 48 | 26.4 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Peri-urban | 128 | 60.1 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Breeding females | Pastoral | 30 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
Peri-urban | 18 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
Breeding males | Pastoral | 46 | 20.7 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
Peri-urban | 14 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | |