2.1.1. Setting and Production Systems

Beef cattle production systems in Kenya and Uganda have been classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through a process that engaged key national stakeholders and synthesized sources of cattle distribution and production data [33,34]. These classifications were reviewed by Veterinary Services (VS) members for their country and evaluated as appropriate to use for classifying risk assessment inputs and assessing results [36]. The four production systems in Kenya are: feedlot (1% of beef cattle), pastoral (34%), ranching (11%), and semi-intensive/agropastoral (54%). The four production systems in Uganda are: agropastoral (49%), pastoral (41%), ranching (8%), and semi-intensive (2%).