تقييم واقع الثروة الحيوانية في الوطن العربي ( دراسة الأغنام والماشية أنموذجاً في الفترة 2017-2021م )

Abstract

The research reviews the reality of livestock in the Arab world region in the period 2017-2020 AD, which is of great importance in economic development. The researcher chose two types of animals as a model for the study, namely sheep and cattle, due to their nutritional importance to humans and the benefit from their products. They were studied based on the time factor to observe whether there was a change, whether positive or negative, in their breeding and annual production and their relationship to fodder cultivation and production. The researcher relied on statistics received from the Arab Agricultural Organization and processed and analysed them using quantitative methods to reach numerical facts and represent them in graphic forms and digital maps. Among the most important results of the study is an annual increase in sheep breeding in the study area and at the same time a decline in livestock due to the special capabilities and conditions required, unlike sheep, which are characterized by their ease of breeding and adaptation to dry conditions, and the preference of the population to eat lamb meat over cattle meat.