Central African Republic Beef

Facts about beef in Central African Republic

• The current trend of urbanization throughout Central Africa may trigger an increase in the per capita consumption of bush meat.
• Demand for bush meat is driven by the desire for protein- not necessarily the animal source of the protein — the popularity for which varies from market to market.
• The sudden increase in human population- both employed and unemployed- poses a serious threat to park wildlife and natural resources- as bush meat hunting is a low-risk- high return option for gaining additional income and obtaining nutritional wild meat for consumption.
• McRae reports that annual per capita consumption of bush meat may reach eight pounds annually.
• The expanding urban and rural demand for bush meat is driven by robust population growth in these sub-Sahara countries. The availability of bush meat is made possible by the logging industry whose road construction opens stretches of rainforest to hunters and settlers.