BUYER DATA ANALYSIS

There is only buyer ID data for Dar es Salaam. This was analysed using a menu option in the MIS Computer System, which calculates average edible weight per animal, average grade per animal, and sex distribution. It was found that:

There were 225 active buyers in Dar Pugu market. Of these, 32 buyers bought 67% of the animals, 12 buyers bought 41%, 8 buyers bought 31%, and 4 buyers bought 23% of the animals.

The larger the buyer, the heavier the average animal purchased, the better grade the average animal purchased, and the more bulls and less cows purchased (though not to any great extent - average 21% bulls for all buyers and 25% for the top 4; also 21% cows for all buyers and 17.5% for the top 4). The weight thing came out at 95 kg average edible weight for all buyers and 102.5 kg average

edible weight for the top 4 buyers.

MIS9041.htm through MIS9044.htm

The buyer information was graphed on MIS9041.htm through MIS9044.htm inclusive. The top 33 buyers by buying numbers were included.

Mis9041 (market share) shows that the top Dar buyer - Emil - purchases approximately 9% of all animals arriving; David is next with 5%, Elias with 4%, Yusuf with 3%, Emma with 2% etc..

Mis9042 (Edible Weight) shows that David (the second largest buyer) goes for top quality with an average edible weight purchase of 120 kg; Daudi (a much smaller operator near the bottom of the 'Top 33') also goes for quality with an average purchase of 122 kg.. I recommend that if or when TLMP researches the existence of a quality market in Dar, then they interview these 2 buyers. Mis9042 also shows that both Madambi and Mambo buy at the bottom end of the quality spectrum - I recommend that these 2 buyers are also interviewed.

Mis 9043 (grade) just really repeats and confirms the findings of Mis9042.

Mis9044 (sex distribution of buying) shows that Emma buys about 90% bulls, and that Aidan buys about 65% cows. Finding out why could be interesting.