The director general of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr Albina Chuwa, told a press conference in Dodoma on Wednesday that Tanzania boasts the second-largest cattle herds in Africa - behind Ethiopia.
Presenting the preliminary findings of the second 'Annual Agriculture Sample Survey' conducted in FY-2016/17, the D-G said Tanzania's cattle numbers "climbed to 30.5 million in 2016/17, up from 25.8 million" in 2015/16.
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