Agriculture
The CSA of Ethiopia estimated in 2005 that farmers in Somalia had a total of 459,720 cattle (representing 1.19%% of Ethiopia's total cattle), 463,000 sheep (2.66%), 650,970 goats (5.02%), 91,550 asses (3.66%), 165,260 camels (36.2%), 154,670 poultry of all species (0.5%), and 5,330 beehives (0.12%). For nomadic inhabitants, the CSA provided two sets of estimates, one based on aerial surveys and the other on more conventional methodology:
| Livestock | Aerial Survey (conducted 5-23 Nov. 2003) |
Conventional survey (conducted 11 Dec. 2003) |
|---|---|---|
| Cattle | 670,280 | 130,610 |
| Sheep | 6,410,800 | 250,110 |
| Goats | 5,525,460 | 177,580 |
| Camels | 1,041,870 | 64,510 |
| Asses | 42,640 | 14,290 |
| Mules | 430 | 160 |
| Horses | 50 | - |
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