Demand for ostrich meat in the world

Currently the demand for ostrich meat is far in excess of supply. Current world production of Ostrich meat is only 150,000 to 300,000 metric tonnes as the industry has not yet made a full transition from breeder markets to commercial production. Around 40% of this production is in South Africa. The remainder of the production is fragmented.

Ostrich produce a low fat, red meat and proven, where reared correctly to be the most feed efficient red meat specie, with excellent feed conversion. This means that Ostrich can contribute to the increased demand for meat whilst utilising fewer resources than competitive specie to produce that meat.

The figure below shows the production growth by specie since 1961.[Source: http://www.ostrichnepal.com/?p=73… ]