About meat production systems

1. Meat Production Systems
Dr. Shakeel Ahmed Tunio

2. Meat
What is Meat?

3. Meat
• Meat is flesh of animals eaten as food.
• Meat can be part of a balanced diet contributing valuable nutrients
that are beneficial to health.
• Meat and meat products contain important levels of protein, vitamins,
minerals and micronutrients which are essential for growth and
development

4. • From the nutritional point of view, meat’s
importance is derived from its high quality
protein, containing all essential amino acids
and it’s highly bio available minerals and
vitamins.
• Meat is rich in Vitamin B12 and iron which are
not readily available in vegetarian diets.
Importance of Meat

5. Sources of Meat
Cattle
Buffalo
Goat
Sheep
Poultry
Pigs
Ostrich
Horse
Camel
Exotic Animals:
Crocodile, snake, lizard, frog, etc.

6. Industrial Systems
Mixed Systems
Grazing Systems
Global
Meat
Production
Systems

7. Industrial
Systems

8. Industrial Systems
Industrial livestock systems are those in which the animals are detached from the land
base of feed supply and waste disposal. They depend on external supplies of feed,
energy and other inputs. Industrial systems provide >50 percent of global pork and
poultry meat production and 10 percent of beef and mutton production. Excess nitrogen
and phosphorus nutrients due to large quantities of feed imports, can lead to problems
with manure disposal and pose a potential pollution risk.

9. Mixed
Systems

10. Mixed Systems
In mixed farming systems, crops and livestock production are integrated on the same
farm. Globally mixed farming systems produce the largest share of total meat
(54 percent). Mixed farming is the main system for smallholder farmers in many
developing countries.

11. Grazing
Systems

12. Grazing Systems
Grazing systems are defined as livestock systems in which more than 90 percent of dry
matter fed to animals comes from rangelands, pastures, annual forages and purchased
feeds and less than 10 percent of the total value of production comes from non-livestock
farming activities. In terms of total production, grazing systems supply only 9 percent of
global meat production yet provide the sole source of income for 20 million pastoral
families.

13. Status of Meat Production System in Pakistan
 No specific system of red meat production system
in Pakistan.
 Mostly the beef animals cows and buffaloes are
kept for milk purpose.
 Commercial beef farming (on very small scale)
 Low input low output system.

14. Status of meat production systems in Pakistan
 Traditional meat marketing remains a constraint
in the development of meat industry.
 The current meat marketing system provides
almost no motivation to produce quality meat.
 The district authorities fix retail price of mutton
and beef.
 No allowance in price is given for quality.
 The pricing policy is consumer oriented and does
not aid livestock producer.

15. Problems of Meat Industry
• Lack of technical guidance
• Operational problems
• Involvement of middle man
• Absence of processing & packing
• Marketing channels not organized
• There is no concept of concentrate feeding.
• There are heavy transportation losses.

16. Problems of Meat Industry
 Unhygienic processing.
 Health and environmental hazards.
 There is no value addition of meat products.
 Wastage of valuable byproducts.
 No concept of quality meat production.
 Animals are slaughtered in slaughterhouse without the supervision of vet
erinarian
 No modern meat technology system
 No organized marketing system

17. Future Potential
• Productivity Enhancement
• Value Addition
• Modern Abattoirs & Processing Units
• Building Supply Chains - market linkages
• Genetics - Artificial Insemination, breed improvement
• Halal Market

18. Thank You
Dr. Shakeel Ahmed Tunio
satunio@sau.edu.pk
0300-2211168