3.2. Sources of Slaughter Animals
Most of the slaughter animals were bought from markets inside the Ghana, although animals were also bought from neighboring countries (see Table 2 and Figure 3). About 58% of the merchants purchased their cattle only from Ghana while 8% of them purchased their cattle only from Burkina Faso. The remaining merchants (34%) pur- chased from two or more different countries.
The merchants could purchase from individual farmers, regional markets or big markets. 40% of the merchants purchased their cattle from individual farmers; 10% of them purchased from both individual farmers and big markets; 2% of them purchased from both individual farmers and regional markets; and 8% of them purchased from all three points of purchase. After the merchants had purchased their respective animals from the various points of purchase, they transported those animals to a collection centre (an average distance of 38.14 km) be-fore onward transport to Kumasi.