From Zero to Hero: How to Draft a Winning Cattle Fattening Project Proposal in Ethiopia

System Type:

Select between intensive feedlot (penned for 90–120 days), traditional , or Hararghe type (by-product based) systems.

8. Conclusion & Call to Action

Next step:

Download the official template from the ATA website (ata.gov.et/resource/feedlot-business-plan), customize the 120-day feeding chart, and begin procurement. Your first batch of 50 fattened steers could be selling to Addis Ababa butchers within six months.

90 days fattening + 15 days rest/cleaning.
3 cycles per year (e.g., Cycle 1: Sep–Nov, Cycle 2: Jan–Mar, Cycle 3: Apr–Jun).

Feeds – 310,000
Labour – 45,000
Vet & supplies – 15,000
Water/electricity – 8,000
Transport – 12,000
Total – 390,000 ETB

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From Zero to Hero: How to Draft a Winning Cattle Fattening Project Proposal in Ethiopia

System Type:

Select between intensive feedlot (penned for 90–120 days), traditional , or Hararghe type (by-product based) systems.

8. Conclusion & Call to Action

Next step:

90 days fattening + 15 days rest/cleaning.
3 cycles per year (e.g., Cycle 1: Sep–Nov, Cycle 2: Jan–Mar, Cycle 3: Apr–Jun).

Feeds – 310,000
Labour – 45,000
Vet & supplies – 15,000
Water/electricity – 8,000
Transport – 12,000
Total – 390,000 ETB